Diocese of

Lins

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lins / Linen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1926.06.21: Established as Diocese of Cafelândia / Cafælanden(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Botucatu and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1950.05.27: Renamed as Diocese of Lins / Linen(sis) (Latin)
1952.02.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Marília
1958.04.19: Became suffragan of Botucatu
1964.02.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bauru
1994.03.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Araçatuba

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.09.30 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lins (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (68)
(2015.09.30 – ...)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil)

Born:	1955.09.30 (Tabatinga, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.11.22

Priest of São Carlos (Brazil) (1982.12.11 – 2007.09.19)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (2015.09.30 – ...)

Bishop Irineu Danelón, S.D.B. (84)
(1987.11.26 – 2015.09.30)

Bishop emeritus of Lins (Brazil)

A caridade jamais passará

Born:	1940.04.04 (Piracicaba, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.09.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.31

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1987.11.26 – 2015.09.30)

Bishop Walter Bini, S.D.B.
(1984.03.14 – 1987.06.17)

Credidimus caritati

Born:	1930.05.31 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.05.24
Died:	1987.06.17 († 57)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 1987.06.17)

Bishop Luiz Colussi
(1980.10.11 – 1983.12.05)

Grandis restat via

Born:	1931.07.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.03.07
Died:	1996.12.04 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Gor (1978.01.03 – 1980.03.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1980.03.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1980.03.28 – 1980.10.11)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1980.10.11 – 1983.12.05)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (1983.12.05 – 1996.12.04)

Bishop Pedro Paulo Koop, M.S.C.
(1964.07.27 – 1980.10.11)

Born:	1905.09.04 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1930.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.09.08
Died:	1988.03.26 († 82)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1964.07.27 – 1980.10.11)

Bishop Henrique Gelain
(1950.05.27 – 1964.03.28)

In corde regnat omnium

Born:	1910.06.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.12.10
Died:	1993.12.31 († 83)

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (1944.07.29 – 1948.05.22)

Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1948.05.22 – 1950.05.27)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1950.05.27 – 1964.03.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Marília (Brazil) (1952 – 1954.10.07)

Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil) (1964.03.28 – 1986.02.05)

Bishops of Cafelândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henrique Gelain
(1948.05.22 – 1950.05.27)

(see above)

Bishop Henrique César Fernandes Mourão, S.D.B.
(1935.12.16 – 1945.03.30)

Nec mora nec quies

Born:	1877.11.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1901.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.10.18
Died:	1945.03.30 († 67)

Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1925.05.01 – 1935.12.16)

Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1945.03.30)

Bishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha (later Archbishop)
(1928.12.17 – 1935.12.16)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1882.03.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1905.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.04.15
Died:	1950.04.11 († 68)

Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1922.10.27 – 1928.12.17)

Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1935.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1950.04.11)

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼
(Apostolic Administrator 1926 – 1928.12.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Luiz Colussi (1980.03.28 – 1980.10.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Lins, São Paulo
Co-Cathedral: Co-Catedral Santa Isabel da Hungria, Cafelândia, São Paulo
Former Cathedral: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Cafelândia, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (38)

Araçatuba (←), São José do Rio Preto (↑), Catanduva (↗), Bauru (↘), Marília (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,261 km²

Population: 185,200 Catholics (59.1% of 313,300 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes

Personnel: 67 priests (60 diocesan, 7 religious), 17 deacons, 32 religious (13 brothers, 19 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.15

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