The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauru ( la, Dioecesis Bauruensis) is a

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associ ...

located in the Brazilian city of

Bauru Bauru () is a Brazilian municipality in midwestern region of the state of São Paulo. It is the main city of the mesoregion and microregion of Bauru. The population is 379,297 (2020 est.) in an area of 667.68 km². Established in 189 ...

( São Paulo State) in the

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of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu ( la, Archidioecesis Botucatuensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Botucatu in Brazil. History * June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Botucatu from the Diocese of São Paulo In 1937 the bis ...

in the city of

Botucatu Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of . It lies on the top of a plateau ( high). Botuca ...

(also in São Paulo State).

History

* February 15, 1964: Established as Diocese of Bauru from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu and Diocese of Lins

Bishops

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s of Bauru (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. (2009.04.15 - present) ** Bishop

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(2001.10.24 – 2008.07.30); transferred by

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to be Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Limpo The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Limpo ( la, Dioecesis Campi Limpidi) is a diocese located in the city of Campo Limpo Paulista in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. History * 15 March 1989: Established as Diocese of Campo L ...

in Campo Limpo (São Paulo State) ** Bishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. (1990.09.04 – 2000.06.07); elevated by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

to be

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of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu ** Bishop

Cândido Rubens Padín Cândido Rubens Padín, OSB, (September 5 , 1915 – January 25, 2008) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Padín was born in São Carlos, Brazil, and was ordained a priest on July 15, 1946, from the religious order of Order ...

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(1970.04.27 – 1990.09.04) ** Bishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni (1964.03.25 – 1968.03.27); elevated by

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to be Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu

Coadjutor bishop

* Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J. (1984-1987)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in 2017

Sources

GCatholic.org

References

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