Diocese of Assis, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Assis / Assisen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Neighbouring Dioceses: Londrina (↙), Presidente Prudente (←), Marília (↑), Ourinhos (→), Jacarezinho (↘), Cornélio Procópio (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 19 (1974)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1928.11.30: Established as Diocese of Assis / Assisen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Botucatu and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1958.04.19: Became suffragan of Botucatu
1960.01.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Presidente Prudente
1983.04.11: Lost territory to Diocese of Presidente Prudente
1998.12.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ourinhos

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.14 – ...):

Bishop Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F. (73)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Assis (Roman Rite)

Bishop Argemiro de Azevedo, C.M.F. (73)
(2016.12.14 – ...)

Bishop of Assis (Brazil)

Pasce agnos meos

Born:	1952.12.03 (Fernandópolis, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.25

Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (2016.12.14 – ...)

Bishop José Benedito Simão
(2009.06.24 – 2015.11.27)

Pax et spes

Born:	1951.01.01 (Caçapava, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.25
Died:	2015.11.27 (Marília, SP, Brazil † 64)

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1981.06.07 – 2001.11.28)

Titular Bishop of Tagaria (2001.11.28 – 2009.06.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2001.11.28 – 2009.06.24)

Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (2009.06.24 – 2015.11.27)

Bishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo (68) (later Archbishop)
(2004.10.27 – 2008.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Sereis minhas testemunhas até os confins do mundo

Born:	1957.09.26 (Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.07.30

Priest of Presidente Prudente (Brazil) (1981.04.11 – 2000.05.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (2000.05.03 – 2004.10.27)

Apostolic Administrator of Araçatuba (Brazil) (2003.09.17 – 2004.05.24)

Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (2004.10.27 – 2008.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (2008.11.19 – ...)

Bishop Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. (96)
(1977.07.20 – 2004.10.27)

Bishop emeritus of Assis (Brazil)

In Finem Dilexit

Born:	1929.10.21 (Bom Jesus dos Perdões, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.04.16

Titular Bishop of Egnatia (1974.02.09 – 1977.07.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (1974.02.09 – 1977.07.20)

Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (1977.07.20 – 2004.10.27)

Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M.
(1956.02.11 – 1977.07.20)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1902.04.28 (Campo Belo, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1926.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.11.21
Died:	1991.05.01 († 89)

Auxiliary Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (1948.08.30 – 1952.02.12)

Titular Bishop of Abari (1948.08.30 – 1956.02.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (1952.02.12 – 1956.02.11)

Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (1956.02.11 – 1977.07.20)

Bishop Antônio José dos Santos, C.M.
(1929.11.22 – 1956.02.01)

Deus adjutor

Born:	1872.11.23 (Cachoeira do Campo, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1900.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.10.19
Died:	1956.02.01 (Assis, SP, Brazil † 83)

Titular Bishop of Croæ (1918.12.13 – 1929.11.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1918.12.13 – 1929.11.22)

Bishop of Assis (Brazil) (1929.11.22 – 1956.02.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo (68) (later Archbishop) (2000.05.03 – 2004.10.27)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Antônio de Souza, C.S.S. (96) (1974.02.09 – 1977.07.20)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M. (1952.02.12 – 1956.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen (82) (1995.11.30 – 1998.12.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Lázaro Neves, C.M. (1948.08.30 – 1952.02.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus e São Francisco de Assis, Assis, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica São Vicente de Paulo, Assis, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (30)

Londrina (↙), Presidente Prudente (←), Marília (↑), Ourinhos (→), Jacarezinho (↘), Cornélio Procópio (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 31,412 km²

Population: 207,000 Catholics (64.7% of 320,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 46 priests (36 diocesan, 10 religious), 33 religious (11 brothers, 22 sisters), 10 seminarians