Roman Catholic Diocese of Presidente Prudente

The Diocese of Presidente Prudente (Latin: Dioecesis Prudentipolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu.

Diocese of Presidente Prudente

Dioecesis Prudentipolitana

Diocese de Presidente Prudente
Cathedral of St. Sebastian
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceBotucatu
Statistics
Area13,251 km2 (5,116 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
511,445
470,000 (91.9%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established16 January 1960 (64 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Sebastian in Presidente Prudente
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBenedito Gonçalves dos Santos

Its cathedra is in the Catedral São Sebastião, dedicated to Saint Sebastian, in the episcopal see of Presidente Prudente.

History

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  • Established on January 16, 1960, as Diocese of Presidente Prudente, on territory split off from Diocese of Assis.

Statistics

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As per 2015, it pastorally served 542,400 Catholics (93.1% of 582,700 total) on 15,513 km2 in 53 parishes and 4 missions with 67 priests (55 diocesan, 12 religious), 58 lay religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters) and 17 seminarians .

Bishops

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Episcopal Ordinaries

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(all native Brazilians)

Suffragan Bishops of Presidente Prudente

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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