Diocese of

Guarulhos

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Guarulhos / Guarulien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bragança Paulista (↑), São José dos Campos (→), São Miguel Paulista (↘), São Paulo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculada Conceição (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.01.30: Established as Diocese of Guarulhos / Guarulien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes and became suffragan of São Paulo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.01.29 – ...):

Bishop Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Guarulhos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. (65)
(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 Joaquim Justino Carreira
(2011.11.23 – 2013.09.01)

Pax vobis / A paz esteja convosco

Born:	1950.01.24 (Santa Catarina da Serra, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1977.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.21
Died:	2013.09.01 († 63)

Priest of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1977.03.19 – 2005.03.24)

Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi (2005.03.24 – 2011.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2005.03.24 – 2011.11.23)

Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil) (2011.11.23 – 2013.09.01)

Bishop Luiz Gonzaga Bergonzini
(1991.12.04 – 2011.11.23)

Oportet Illum Crescere

Born:	1936.05.20 (São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.02.07
Died:	2012.06.13 (Guarulhos, SP, Brazil † 76)

Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil) (1991.12.04 – 2011.11.23)

Bishop João Bergese (later Archbishop)
(1981.02.11 – 1991.05.05)

Vocati ad communionem

Born:	1935.09.13 (Savigliano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.04.05
Died:	1996.03.21 († 60)

Bishop of Guarulhos (Brazil) (1981.02.11 – 1991.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pouso Alegre (Brazil) (1991.05.05 – 1996.03.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, Guarulhos, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (52)

Bragança Paulista (↑), São José dos Campos (→), São Miguel Paulista (↘), São Paulo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 341 km²

Population: 896,000 Catholics (63.4% of 1,413,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes

Personnel: 83 priests (77 diocesan, 6 religious), 9 deacons, 91 religious (21 brothers, 70 sisters), 21 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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