Diocese of Piracicaba Dioecesis Piracicabensis Diocese de Piracicaba | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Campinas |
Metropolitan | Campinas |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,402 km2 (2,086 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 988,326 [1] 763,246 (77.2%) |
Parishes | 61 [2] |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite [1] [3] |
Established | 26 February 1944 (79 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Anthony of Padua in Piracicaba [3] [4] |
Patron saint | St Anthony of Padua [5] |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Fernando Mason, OFM Conv |
Metropolitan Archbishop | João Inácio Müller, OFM |
Map | |
Map showing the 15 municipalities that are part of the Diocese of Piracicaba | |
Website | |
www.diocesedepiracicaba.org.br |
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