The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança Paulista ( la, Dioecesis Brigantiensis in Brasilia) is a

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located in the city of

Bragança Paulista Bragança Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 170,533 (2020 est.) in an area of 512.6 km². The elevation is 817 m. The city is famous for its traditional sausages, with several establishments c ...

in the

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Campinas Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...

in Brazil.

History

* July 24, 1925: Established as Diocese of Bragança Paulista from the Diocese of Campinas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo

Special churches

*Minor Basilicas: **Basílica Nossa Senhora do Belém

Bishops

;Bishops of Bragança Paulista (Latin Rite) *

José Maurício da Rocha José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(1927.02.04 – 1969.11.24) *

José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1971.02.01 – 1976.11.10) *

Antônio Pedro Misiara Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(1976.10.27 – 1995.05.17) *

Bruno Gamberini Bruno Gamberini (July 16, 1950 – August 28, 2011) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas, Brazil. Born in Matão, São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous c ...

(1995.05.17 – 2004.06.02), appointed Archbishop of Campinas, São Paulo *José María Pinheiro (9 March 2005 – 16 September 2009) *

Sérgio Aparecido Colombo Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (29 August 1954) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança Paulista, Bishop of Bragança Paulista since 2009. He was an auxiliary bishop in Roman Catholic Diocese of Sã ...

(16 September 2009 – present)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Jeremias Antônio de Jesus Jeremiah, Modern: , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ieremíās; meaning " Yah shall raise" (c. 650 – c. 570 BC), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish ...

, appointed Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais in 2012

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (''Portuguese'')
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