Diocese of Marília, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Marília / Marilien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Neighbouring Dioceses: Presidente Prudente (←), Três Lagoas (↖), Araçatuba (↖), Lins (↑), Bauru (→), Assis (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter (Sunday nearest 06.29)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1952.02.16: Established as Diocese of Marília / Marilien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lins and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1958.02.02: Gained territory from Diocese of Corumbá
1958.04.19: Became suffragan of Botucatu

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.05.08 – ...):

Bishop Luiz Antônio Cipolini (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Marília (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Cipolini (63)
(2013.05.08 – ...)

Bishop of Marília (Brazil)

Permanecei no meu amor

Born:	1962.07.08 (Caconde, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.07.07

Priest of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1986.08.15 – 2013.05.08)

Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (2013.05.08 – ...)

Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini
(1992.12.09 – 2013.05.08)

Dou-vos a minha Vida

Born:	1936.10.24 (São Paolo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.09.12
Died:	2025.12.01 (Marília, SP, Brazil † 89)

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1963.12.08 – 1982.06.25)

Titular Bishop of Tunnuna (1982.06.25 – 1987.04.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1982.06.25 – 1987.04.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1987.04.30 – 1992.12.09)

Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1992.12.09 – 2013.05.08)

Bishop Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap.
(1975.04.23 – 1992.12.09)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1923.07.18 (Conchas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.12.08
Died:	2003.09.20 (Marília, SP, Brazil † 80)

Auxiliary Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1969.09.06 – 1975.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Martirano (1969.09.06 – 1975.04.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1975.01.14 – 1975.04.23)

Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1975.04.23 – 1992.12.09)

Archbishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo
(1954.10.07 – 1975.04.23)

Born:	1899.09.04 (Machado, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1923.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.16
Died:	1988.06.09 (Marília, SP, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1935.12.19 – 1940.09.19)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1940.09.19 – 1951.09.03)

Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07)

Archbishop-Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1954.10.07 – 1975.04.23)

Bishop Henrique Gelain
(Apostolic Administrator 1952 – 1954.10.07)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini (1987.04.30 – 1992.12.09)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. (1975.01.14 – 1975.04.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Osvaldo Giuntini (1982.06.25 – 1987.04.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Arnaldo Tomasella, O.F.M. Cap. (1969.09.06 – 1975.01.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Basílica de São Bento, Marília, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (68)

Presidente Prudente (←), Três Lagoas (↖), Araçatuba (↖), Lins (↑), Bauru (→), Assis (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 11,959 km²

Population: 499,000 Catholics (66.7% of 748,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 105 priests (77 diocesan, 28 religious), 1 deacon, 154 religious (56 brothers, 98 sisters), 15 seminarians