Diocese of Jales, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jales / Ialespolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ribeirão Preto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.12.12: Established as Diocese of Jales / Ialespolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Rio Preto and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto)
2016.07.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Votuporanga

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.10.21 – ...):

Bishop José Reginaldo Andrietta (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jales (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Reginaldo Andrietta (67)
(2015.10.21 – ...)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil)

A serviço do bem comum

Born:	1957.03.07 (Pirassununga, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1983.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.12.27

Priest of Limeira (Brazil) (1983.03.18 – 2015.10.21)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (2015.10.21 – ...)

Bishop Luiz Demétrio Valentini (84)
(1982.06.08 – 2015.10.21)

Bishop emeritus of Jales (Brazil)

Venho para Servir

Born:	1940.01.31 (São Valentim, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1965.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.07.31

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (1982.06.08 – 2015.10.21)

Bishop Luíz Eugênio Pérez
(1970.03.09 – 1981.06.07)

Todos Sois Irmãos

Born:	1928.05.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.11
Died:	2012.11.14 († 84)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (1970.03.09 – 1981.06.07)

Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1981.06.07 – 2003.06.25)

Bishop Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A.
(1960.02.13 – 1968.11.07)

Born:	1912.07.17 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1939.02.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.06.29
Died:	1979.04.11 († 66)

Bishop of Jales (Brazil) (1960.02.13 – 1968.11.07)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1968.11.07 – 1971.03.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Jales, São Paulo

Churches by City (51)

Três Lagoas (↙), Ituiutaba (↗), Votuporanga (→), Araçatuba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,788 km²

Population: 305,000 Catholics (80.7% of 377,830 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes, 25 missions

Personnel: 45 priests (43 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 13 religious (6 brothers, 7 sisters), 10 seminarians