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

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

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 (68)

Monsignors (4)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Botucatu (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo (68)
(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 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil † 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 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 89)

Priest of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1949.11.04 – 1977.05.26)

Bishop of Barretos (Brazil) (1977.05.26 – 1989.05.30)

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

Archbishop Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni
(1968.03.27 – 1989.05.30)

Caritas fraternitatis maneat

Born:	1911.12.14 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1936.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.06.29
Died:	2007.08.15 (Brasília, DF, Brazil † 95)

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1936.04.11 – 1955.04.20)

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 (Pôrto Alegre, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1926.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.06.08
Died:	1974.11.06 (Botucatu, SP, Brazil † 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 (Boschi Sant’Anna, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1909.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.10.04
Died:	1946.05.05 (Botucatu, SP, Brazil † 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 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1911.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.12.08
Died:	1961.03.26 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil † 72)

Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1911.04.01 – 1924.07.04)

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 (São Sebastião do Rio Verde, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.11.15
Died:	1923.10.19 (Botucatu, SP, Brazil † 60)

Priest of Diamantina (Brazil) (1890.05.31 – 1908.10.17)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1908.10.17 – 1923.10.19)