Diocese of Franca, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Franca / Francopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ribeirão Preto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.02.20: Established as Diocese of Franca / Francopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.10.23 – ...):

Bishop Paulo Roberto Beloto (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Franca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Roberto Beloto (67)
(2013.10.23 – ...)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil)

Evangelii servus

Born:	1957.04.09 (Adamantina, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.02.04

Priest of Marília (Brazil) (1986.06.29 – 2005.11.16)

Bishop of Formosa (Brazil) (2005.11.16 – 2013.10.23)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2013.10.23 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Luiz Stringhini (71)
(2009.12.30 – 2012.09.19)

Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)

Em tua palavra

Born:	1953.08.17 (Laranjal Paulista, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.10

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1980.08.09 – 2001.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Ita (2001.01.03 – 2009.12.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2001.01.03 – 2009.12.30)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2012.09.19)

Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil) (2012.09.19 – ...)

Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. (82)
(2006.11.29 – 2009.04.15)

Bishop emeritus of Bauru (Brazil)

Evangelizare omni creaturæ

Born:	1942.07.30 (Lins, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1970.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.07

Coadjutor Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – 2006.11.29)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (2006.11.29 – 2009.04.15)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (2009.04.15 – 2018.03.28)

Bishop Diógenes da Silva Matthes
(1971.03.11 – 2006.11.29)

Amados no senhor

Born:	1931.10.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.06.11
Died:	2016.11.20 († 85)

Bishop of Franca (Brazil) (1971.03.11 – 2006.11.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. (82) (2002.04.24 – 2006.11.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Franca, São Paulo

Churches by City (41)

Barretos (←), Uberaba (↑), Guaxupé (↘), Ribeirão Preto (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,635 km²

Population: 414,405 Catholics (64.5% of 642,018 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 83 priests (63 diocesan, 20 religious), 33 deacons, 124 religious (60 brothers, 64 sisters), 24 seminarians