Diocese of Bragança Paulista, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bragança Paulista / Brigantien(sis) in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campinas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Jaguary (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1925.07.24: Established as Diocese of Bragança Paulista / Brigantien(sis) in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Campinas and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1958.04.19: Became suffragan of Campinas

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.09.16 – ...):

Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bragança Paulista (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (70)
(2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1954.08.29 (Cajobi, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.06

Priest of Limeira (Brazil) (1980.08.06 – 2001.10.10)

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (2001.10.10 – 2003.12.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2001.10.10 – 2003.12.03)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (2003.12.03 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop José María Pinheiro (86)
(2005.03.09 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop emeritus of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Scio cui credidi

Born:	1938.07.31 (Nazaré Paulista, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.04.19

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1964.12.27 – 1997.02.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (1997.02.12 – 2003.08.06)

Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi (1997.02.12 – 2005.03.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2003.08.06 – 2005.03.09)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (2005.03.09 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop Bruno Gamberini (later Archbishop)
(1995.05.17 – 2004.06.02)

Nomen Domini Benedictum

Born:	1950.07.16 (Matão, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.07.16
Died:	2011.08.28 († 61)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (1995.05.17 – 2004.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (2004.06.02 – 2011.08.28)

Bishop Antônio Pedro Misiara
(1976.10.27 – 1995.05.17)

Scio cui credidi

Born:	1917.12.01 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.12.10
Died:	2004.05.11 († 86)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (1976.10.27 – 1995.05.17)

Bishop José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares
(1971.02.01 – 1976.10.27)

Fidelis servus et prudens

Born:	1903.11.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1934.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.09.08
Died:	1997.03.07 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Carcabia (1965.07.26 – 1971.02.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1965.07.26 – 1971.02.01)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (1971.02.01 – 1976.10.27)

Bishop José Maurício da Rocha
(1927.02.04 – 1969.11.24)

Omnia et in omnibus Christus

Born:	1885.06.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1908.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.07.20
Died:	1969.11.24 († 84)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1919.03.10 – 1927.02.04)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (1927.02.04 – 1969.11.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Bragança Paulista, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Caieiras, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora do Belém, Itatiba, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (72)

Jundiaí (↙), Campinas (←), Amparo (↖), Pouso Alegre (↗), Guarulhos (↓), São Paulo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,493 km²

Population: 905,400 Catholics (77.4% of 1,170,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes, 506 missions

Personnel: 176 priests (91 diocesan, 85 religious), 1 deacon, 391 religious (206 brothers, 185 sisters), 20 seminarians