Diocese of Jundiaí, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jundiaí / Iundiaien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sorocaba

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Desterro (August 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1966.11.07: Established as Diocese of Jundiaí / Iundiaien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1992.04.29: Became suffragan of Sorocaba

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jundiaí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto (57)
(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 Vicente Costa (77)
(2009.12.30 – 2022.06.15)

Bishop emeritus of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Quodcumque dixerit vobis facite / Fazei tudo o que Ele vos disser

Born:	1947.01.01 (Birkirkara, Malta)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.19

Priest of Malta (Malta) (1972.12.17 – 1998.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ (1998.07.01 – 2002.10.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil) (1998.07.01 – 2002.10.09)

Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil) (2002.10.09 – 2009.12.30)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2022.06.15)

Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira (74) (later Archbishop)
(2004.01.07 – 2009.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Scis amo te

Born:	1950.10.09 (Itapecerica, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.10.16

Priest of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1976.12.18 – 1999.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Turris in Mauretania (1999.07.14 – 2004.01.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1999.07.14 – 2004.01.07)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (2004.01.07 – 2009.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (2009.01.28 – ...)

Bishop Amaury Castanho
(1996.10.02 – 2004.01.07)

Fundamentum Christus Jesus

Born:	1927.09.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.10.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.10.07
Died:	2006.05.31 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Balecium (1976.07.19 – 1979.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1976.07.19 – 1979.11.30)

Bishop of Valença (Brazil) (1979.11.30 – 1989.05.03)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1989.05.03 – 1996.10.02)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1996.10.02 – 2004.01.07)

Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida
(1982.03.11 – 1996.10.02)

Born:	1927.12.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.21
Died:	2002.06.28 († 74)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1970.04.18 – 1971.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (1971.07.24 – 1980.07.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1971.07.24 – 1980.07.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1980.07.31 – 1982.03.11)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1982.03.11 – 1996.10.02)

Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm.
(1966.11.21 – 1982.03.11)

Filius ancillæ tuæ

Born:	1910.06.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.12.15
Died:	1982.03.11 († 71)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1946.10.26 – 1954)

Titular Bishop of Leuce (1946.10.26 – 1966.11.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1954 – 1955)

Auxiliary Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1955 – 1965)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1965 – 1966.11.21)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1966.11.21 – 1982.03.11)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Amaury Castanho (1989.05.03 – 1996.10.02)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1980.07.31 – 1982.03.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1971.07.24 – 1980.07.31)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Desterro, Jundiaí, São Paulo
National Shrine: Santuário Nacional do Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Itu, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (70)

Sorocaba (↙), Campinas (↖), Bragança Paulista (↗), São Paulo (↘), Osasco (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,254 km²

Population: 1,108,000 Catholics (82.3% of 1,347,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes, 320 missions

Personnel: 135 priests (104 diocesan, 31 religious), 88 deacons, 171 religious (46 brothers, 125 sisters), 28 seminarians