Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Diocese of Limeira

Dioecesis Limeirensis



Show: All | General Information | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 April 1976
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Campinas
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Sao Paulo
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 4,915 (1,898 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 1
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedelimeira.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Rua Professora Anita Concilia B. Clemente dos Santos 260, Vila Fior, 13482-279 Limeira, SP, Brazil
  • Telephone: (019)3441-5329
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 April 1976ErectedArchdiocese of Campinas (Limeira, Iracemápolis, Americana, Nova Odessa, Conchai, Artur Nogueira, Cosmópolis, Araras, Lerne, Santa Cruz da Conceicão, Pirassununga, Porto Ferreira, and Descalvado)
Diocese of Piracicaba (Cordeirópolis and Analândia)
Diocese of Limeira (erected)
23 December 1997Territory LostArchdiocese of Campinas
Diocese of Limeira
Diocese of Amparo (erected) (Amparo, Aguas de Lindóia, Holambra, Itapira, Jaguariúna, Lindóia, Mogi Mirim, Monte Alegre do Sul, Pedreira, Santo Antonio de Posse, and Serra Negra)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1976356,494455,00078.4%2821497,27516937ap1977
1980410,000512,50080.0%2827557,45413513438ap1981
1990655,000702,00093.3%4725729,0971289848ap1991
19991,010,0001,325,00076.2%65248911,3483110953ap2000
20001,010,0001,325,00076.2%61248511,8822510853ap2001
20011,010,0001,325,00076.2%63208312,1682713353ap2002
20021,100,0001,135,00096.9%58217913,9243114352ap2003
20031,100,0001,235,00089.1%64218512,9413314352ap2004
2004632,706949,05966.7%6122837,6223313253ap2005
2013638,000953,00066.9%99211205,316122811478ap2014
2016654,0001,190,78754.9%102181205,450232510786ap2017
2019674,7701,230,76154.8%108141225,53023158897ap2020
2021715,7781,255,75257.0%101111126,39023126399ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 396, to Page 398

============

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

============

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
[ Comments/Corrections ] Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2023
Code: web_d, v3.4.4, 25 Feb 2023; Data: 23 Aug 2023