The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Carlos () is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
located in the city of
São Carlos
São Carlos (Saint Charles, in English, ; named after Charles Borromeo, Saint Charles Borromeo) is a Brazilian city and municipality in the Interior of São Paulo, interior of the state of São Paulo, 254 kilometers from the city of São Paulo. ...
in the
ecclesiastical province
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of
Campinas
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in Brazil.
History
The diocese was established on 7 June 1908 as the Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal from the
Diocese of São Paulo. On 25 November 1957, it was renamed as Diocese of São Carlos. On 26 June 2024, the
Diocese of Jaú was established from the ecclesiastical territory of São Carlos.
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
* Bishops of São Carlos
** Bishop
Paulo Cezar Costa
Paulo Cezar Costa (born 20 July 1967) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasilia, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasilia since December 2020. He has been a bishop since 2010 and served as Roma ...
(2016.06.22 - present)
** Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (2006.11.22 – 2015.12.16)
** Bishop
Joviano de Lima Júnior,
S.S.S. (1995.10.25 – 2006.04.05), appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
** Bishop
Constantino Amstalden (1986.09.19 – 1995.10.25)
** Bishop
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(1957.11.25 – 1986.09.19)
* Bishops of São Carlos do Pinhal (Roman Rite)
** Bishop Ruy Serra (1948.02.13 – 1957.11.25)
** Bishop
Gastão Liberal Pinto (1937.10.15 – 1945.10.24)
** Archbishop (personal title)
José Marcondes Homem de Melo (1908.08.09 – 1937.10.15)
Coadjutor bishops
*
Gastão Liberal Pinto (1934-1937)
*
Constantino Amstalden (1971-1986)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (2001-2003), appointed Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana
*
Eduardo Malaspina (2018-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
José de Aquino Pereira, appointed Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1958
*
Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos, Goias in 1980
*
Virgílio de Pauli, appointed Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 1981
*
José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques
José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques (born 13 May 1948) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Fortaleza from 1999 to 2023.
Biography
Born on 13 May 1948, the first of six brothers, he was ordained a ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 1991
*
Bruno Gamberini, appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, São Paulo in 1995
*
Francisco José Zugliani, appointed Bishop of Amparo, São Paulo in 1997
*
Sérgio da Rocha
Sérgio da Rocha (; born 21 October 1959) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016 and the Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia since 11 March 2020. He has been a bishop since 2001, first as auxiliary bis ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara in 2001; future Cardinal
*
Francisco Carlos da Silva, appointed Bishop of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais in 2007
*
Luis Gonzaga Féchio, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 2011
*
Moacir Aparecido de Freitas, appointed Bishop of Votuporanga, São Paulo in 2015
References
External links
GCatholic.org Diocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Sao Carlos, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Christian organizations established in 1908
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1908 establishments in Brazil
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