Diocese of Barretos, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Barretos / Barreten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ribeirão Preto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 18 (2000)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1973.04.14: Established as Diocese of Barretos / Barreten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and Diocese of Jaboticabal and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.05 – ...):

Bishop Milton Kenan Júnior (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barretos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Milton Kenan Júnior (61)
(2014.11.05 – ...)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil)

In manus tuas

Born:	1963.11.24 (Taiúva, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1987.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.12.27

Priest of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1987.09.05 – 2009.10.28)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Byzacena (2009.10.28 – 2014.11.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2009.10.28 – 2014.11.05)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (2014.11.05 – ...)

Bishop Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. (64)
(2008.01.09 – 2014.01.29)

Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil)

Deus providebit

Born:	1960.04.20 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.28

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (2008.01.09 – 2014.01.29)

Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil) (2014.01.29 – ...)

Bishop Antônio Gaspar (93)
(2000.12.20 – 2008.01.09)

Bishop emeritus of Barretos (Brazil)

Para que todos sejam um

Born:	1931.11.11 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.02.06

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1962.07.08 – 1982.12.06)

Titular Bishop of Cozyla (1982.12.06 – 2000.12.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1982.12.06 – 2000.12.20)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (2000.12.20 – 2008.01.09)

Bishop Pedro Fré, C.SS.R.
(1989.12.02 – 2000.12.20)

Sanare Contritos Corde

Born:	1924.08.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.01.05
Died:	2014.04.03 († 89)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1985.10.28 – 1989.12.02)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (1989.12.02 – 2000.12.20)

Bishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo (later Archbishop)
(1977.05.26 – 1989.05.30)

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:	1923.05.01 (Castel San Lorenzo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1949.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.08.15
Died:	2012.09.29 († 89)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (1977.05.26 – 1989.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1989.05.30 – 2000.06.07)

Bishop José de Matos Pereira, C.M.F.
(1973.04.25 – 1976.08.12)

O amor de Cristo nos une

Born:	1918.01.06 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1945.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.06
Died:	1976.08.12 († 58)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (1973.04.25 – 1976.08.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, Barretos, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (25)

Catanduva (↙), São José do Rio Preto (←), Uberaba (↗), Franca (→), Ribeirão Preto (↘), Jaboticabal (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,770 km²

Population: 295,400 Catholics (88.2% of 335,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 45 priests (35 diocesan, 10 religious), 2 deacons, 110 religious (48 brothers, 62 sisters), 7 seminarians