Diocese of Osasco, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Osasco / Osascanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.03.15: Established as Diocese of Osasco / Osascanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.04.16 – ...):

Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Osasco (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (72)
(2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil)

Cristo nossa Vitória

Born:	1952.12.08 (Guaratinguetá, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.25

Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil) (2007.01.03 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop Ercílio Turco
(2002.04.24 – 2014.04.16)

Evangelium Dei evangelizare

Born:	1938.03.13 (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.04
Died:	2019.10.30 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 81)

Bishop of Limeira (Brazil) (1989.11.18 – 2002.04.24)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop Francisco Manuel Vieira
(1989.03.15 – 2002.04.24)

In virtute Dei

Born:	1925.10.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.01.25
Died:	2013.12.23 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Hippo Diarrhytus (1974.12.12 – 1989.03.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2002.04.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Osasco, São Paulo

Churches by City (90)

Registro (↙), Sorocaba (←), Jundiaí (↑), São Paulo (↘), Campo Limpo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,495 km²

Population: 2,229,000 Catholics (82.3% of 2,707,964 total)

Pastoral Centres: 90 parishes, 522 missions

Personnel: 172 priests (121 diocesan, 51 religious), 1 deacon, 184 religious (64 brothers, 120 sisters), 50 seminarians