Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Campinas / Campinen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Amparo, Bragança Paulista, Jaú, Limeira, Piracicaba, São Carlos

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 27

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1908.06.07: Established as Diocese of Campinas / Campinen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1925.07.24: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bragança Paulista
1944.02.26: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Piracicaba
1958.04.19: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas / Campinen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bragança Paulista, Piracicaba and São Carlos)
1966.11.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jundiaí
1976.04.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Limeira and gained suffragan see Limeira
1997.12.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Amparo and gained suffragan see Amparo
2024.06.26: Gained suffragan see Jaú

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.05.15 – ...):

Archbishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (65)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Campinas (Roman Rite)

Archbishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (65)
(2019.05.15 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)

Amor Dei glória

Born:	1960.06.15 (Santa Clara do Sol, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.15

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil) (2013.09.25 – 2019.05.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (2019.05.15 – ...)

Archbishop Airton José dos Santos (69)
(2012.02.15 – 2018.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil)

Ut faciam Deus voluntatem tuam

Born:	1956.06.25 (Bom Repouso, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.02

Priest of Santo André (Brazil) (1985.12.08 – 2001.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (2001.12.19 – 2004.08.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (2001.12.19 – 2004.08.04)

Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil) (2004.08.04 – 2012.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (2012.02.15 – 2018.04.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) (2018.04.25 – ...)

Archbishop Bruno Gamberini
(2004.06.02 – 2011.08.28)

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)

Archbishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes
(1982.02.10 – 2004.06.02)

Mysterium Christi Prædicare

Born:	1927.02.14 (Santa Lucia, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.12.18
Died:	2025.09.22 (Campinas, SP, Brazil † 98)

Priest of Petrolina (Brazil) (1949.12.14 – 1958)

Priest of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1958 – 1966.11.03)

Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil) (1966.11.03 – 1975.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Aurusuliana (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1982.02.10 – 2004.06.02)

Archbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira
(1968.09.19 – 1982.02.10)

In fide et lenitate

Born:	1906.11.14 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1930.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.07.20
Died:	1993.04.20 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Arycanda (1947.05.10 – 1957.07.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1947.05.10 – 1957.07.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1957.07.19 – 1966.10.27)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcis in Syria (1957.07.19 – 1968.09.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1966.10.27 – 1968.09.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1968.09.19 – 1982.02.10)

Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos
(1958.04.19 – 1968.09.19)

Omnia in Christo

Born:	1895.08.24 (Jaú, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1920.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.07.14
Died:	1970.03.02 († 74)

Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1935.06.01 – 1941.12.14)

Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1941.12.14 – 1958.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1944 – 1945.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1968.09.19)

Titular Archbishop of Garba (1968.09.19 – 1970.03.02)

Bishops of Campinas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (later Archbishop)
(1941.12.14 – 1958.04.19)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco de Campos Barreto
(1920.07.30 – 1941.08.22)

Dominus regit me

Born:	1877.03.28 (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1900.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.08.27
Died:	1941.08.22 († 64)

Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil) (1911.05.12 – 1920.07.30)

Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1920.07.30 – 1941.08.22)

Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery
(1908.08.03 – 1920.02.01)

Spiritus Domini ductor

Born:	1863.10.06 (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1886.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.11.01
Died:	1920.02.01 († 56)

Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil) (1896.08.29 – 1901.05.18)

Bishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1901.05.18 – 1908.08.03)

Bishop of Campinas (Brazil) (1908.08.03 – 1920.02.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1975.12.19 – 1982.02.10)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1966.10.27 – 1968.09.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luiz Antônio Guedes (79) (1997.01.29 – 2001.10.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Bernardo José Bueno Miele (later Archbishop) (1962.11.22 – 1967.01.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite (1916.06.07 – 1947.03.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Campinas, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Campinas, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (92)

Piracicaba (←), Limeira (↖), Amparo (↗), Bragança Paulista (→), Jundiaí (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,134 km²

Population: 1,675,607 Catholics (70.5% of 2,376,104 total)

Pastoral Centres: 103 parishes, 523 missions

Personnel: 193 priests (132 diocesan, 61 religious), 25 deacons, 415 religious (134 brothers, 281 sisters), 38 seminarians