Diocese of

Itapeva

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Itapeva / Itapeven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sorocaba

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 16 (1993)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.03.02: Established as Diocese of Itapeva / Itapeven(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu, Diocese of Santos and Diocese of Sorocaba and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1974.01.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Registro
1992.04.29: Became suffragan of Sorocaba
1998.04.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Itapetininga
1998.12.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ourinhos

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.12.28 – ...):

Bishop Eduardo Malaspina (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itapeva (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eduardo Malaspina (57)
(2022.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil)

In ædificationem Corporis Christi

Born:	1967.07.12 (Tabatinga, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.05.01

Priest of São Carlos (Brazil) (1991.12.13 – 2018.03.07)

Titular Bishop of Pupiana (2018.03.07 – 2022.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2018.03.07 – 2022.12.28)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (2022.12.28 – ...)

Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto (57)
(2016.10.19 – 2022.06.15)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Servir ao Senhor com alegria

Born:	1967.04.11 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.07.17

Priest of Araçatuba (Brazil) (1997.05.17 – 2016.05.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (2016.05.04 – 2016.10.19)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (2016.10.19 – 2022.06.15)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (2022.06.15 – ...)

Bishop José Moreira de Melo (83)
(1996.01.17 – 2016.10.19)

Bishop emeritus of Itapeva (Brazil)

Solidariedade para Evangelizar

Born:	1941.08.03 (Serra do Salitre, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.25

Priest of Patos de Minas (Brazil) (1968.01.27 – 1996.01.17)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1996.01.17 – 2016.10.19)

Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (89) (later Archbishop)
(1985.07.11 – 1993.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niterói (Brazil)

Born:	1935.10.07 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.05.25

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1975.04.07 – 1976.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1975.04.07 – 1978.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.07.14 – 1976.11.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1985.07.11)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1985.07.11 – 1993.11.24)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (1993.11.24 – 2003.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2003.09.24 – 2011.11.30)

Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B.
(1980.03.28 – 1985.04.25)

Born:	1931.12.17 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.31
Died:	2023.08.22 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 91)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1980.03.28 – 1985.04.25)

Bishop of Limeira (Brazil) (1985.04.25 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)

Bishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. (later Archbishop)
(1975.01.04 – 1979.11.30)

Sentir com a Igreja

Born:	1929.03.15 (Igarapava, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.03.19
Died:	2007.02.26 († 77)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1975.01.04 – 1979.11.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1979.11.30 – 1981.03.20)

Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1981.03.20 – 1992.04.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1992.04.29 – 2005.05.04)

Bishop Silvio Maria Dário
(1968.03.27 – 1974.05.02)

Born:	1919.08.16 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1944.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.05.02
Died:	1974.05.02 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Oppidum novum (1965.02.22 – 1968.03.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1965.02.22 – 1968.03.27)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1968.03.27 – 1974.05.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto (57) (2016.05.04 – 2016.10.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sant’Ana, Itapeva, São Paulo

Churches by City (25)

Jacarezinho (↖), Ourinhos (↖), Botucatu (↑), Itapetininga (↗), Registro (→), Paranaguá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,615 km²

Population: 263,938 Catholics (63.0% of 419,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes

Personnel: 49 priests (33 diocesan, 16 religious), 1 deacon, 38 religious (21 brothers, 17 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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