Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Botucatu

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Botucatu (Português) / Sant’Ana de Botucatu (Português) / Botucatuen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Araçatuba, Assis, Bauru, Lins, Marília, Ourinhos, Presidente Prudente

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 30 (1964)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1908.06.07: Established as Diocese of Botucatu (Português) / Sant’Ana de Botucatu (Português) / Botucatuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1924.07.04: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santos and Diocese of Sorocaba
1926.06.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cafelândia
1928.11.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Assis
1958.04.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu (Português) / Sant’Ana de Botucatu (Português) / Botucatuen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Assis, Lins and Marília)
1960.01.16: Gained suffragan see Presidente Prudente
1964.02.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bauru and gained suffragan see Bauru
1968.03.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Itapeva
1994.03.23: Gained suffragan see Araçatuba
1998.12.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ourinhos and gained suffragan see Ourinhos

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2008.11.19 – ...):

Archbishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo (67)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Botucatu (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo (67)
(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 – ...)

Archbishop Aloysio José Leal Penna, S.J.
(2000.06.07 – 2008.11.19)

Vim para servir

Born:	1933.02.07 (Piquete, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.07.22
Died:	2012.06.19 († 79)

Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (1984.05.21 – 1987.10.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1987.10.30 – 1990.09.04)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1990.09.04 – 2000.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (2000.06.07 – 2008.11.19)

Archbishop Antônio Maria Mucciolo
(1989.05.30 – 2000.06.07)

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)

Archbishop Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni
(1968.03.27 – 1989.05.30)

Caritas fraternitatis maneat

Born:	1911.12.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.06.29
Died:	2007.08.15 († 95)

Titular Bishop of Lauzadus (1955.04.20 – 1964.03.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1955.04.20 – 1964.03.25)

Bishop of Bauru (Brazil) (1964.03.25 – 1968.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1968.03.27 – 1989.05.30)

Archbishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M.
(1958.04.19 – 1968.03.27)

Born:	1897.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1926.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.06.08
Died:	1974.11.06 († 77)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1941.03.29 – 1948.05.15)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1948.05.15 – 1958.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1968.03.27)

Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo (1968.03.27 – 1971.03.16)

Bishops of Botucatu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1948.05.15 – 1958.04.19)

(see above)

Bishop Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap.
(1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:	1886.03.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1909.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.10.04
Died:	1946.05.05 († 60)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1929.08.02 – 1938.04.12)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05)

Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa ▼
(1924.07.04 – 1937.09.22)

Born:	1888.07.21 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1911.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.12.08
Died:	1961.03.26 († 72)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1937.09.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1926 – 1928.12.17)

Titular Bishop of Maura (1937.09.22 – 1945.07.05)

Bishop Lúcio Antunes de Souza
(1908.10.17 – 1923.10.19)

Born:	1863.04.13 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.11.15
Died:	1923.10.19 († 60)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1908.10.17 – 1923.10.19)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Silvio Maria Dário (1965.02.22 – 1968.03.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Sant’Ana, Botucatu, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (51)

Ourinhos (←), Bauru (↖), Jaú (↑), Piracicaba (↗), Itapetininga (↘), Itapeva (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,348 km²

Population: 503,000 Catholics (84.9% of 592,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes, 282 missions

Personnel: 69 priests (55 diocesan, 14 religious), 13 deacons, 69 religious (19 brothers, 50 sisters), 13 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.04.02

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