Diocese of Ourinhos, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ourinhos / Parvauratan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Senhor Bom Jesus (August 6)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 30 (2008)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1998.12.30: Established as Diocese of Ourinhos / Parvauratan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu, Diocese of Assis and Diocese of Itapeva and became suffragan of Botucatu)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.19 – ...):

Bishop Eduardo Vieira dos Santos (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ourinhos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eduardo Vieira dos Santos (59)
(2021.05.19 – ...)

Bishop of Ourinhos (Brazil)

Gaudete in Domino

Born:	1965.03.18 (Bom Sucesso, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2000.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.02.07

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (2000.12.15 – 2014.12.10)

Titular Bishop of Bladia (2014.12.10 – 2021.05.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2014.12.10 – 2021.05.19)

Bishop of Ourinhos (Brazil) (2021.05.19 – ...)

Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo (79)
(1998.12.30 – 2021.05.19)

Bishop emeritus of Ourinhos (Brazil)

Bonum Mihi Dominus

Born:	1945.10.15 (Montedoro, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1969.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.03.19

Priest of Caltanissetta (Italy) (1969.06.29 – 1998.12.30)

Bishop of Ourinhos (Brazil) (1998.12.30 – 2021.05.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral do Senhor Bom Jesus, Ourinhos, São Paulo

Churches by City (46)

Assis (←), Bauru (↗), Botucatu (→), Itapeva (↘), Jacarezinho (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,104 km²

Population: 275,700 Catholics (71.9% of 383,707 total)

Pastoral Centres: 44 parishes

Personnel: 57 priests (30 diocesan, 27 religious), 21 deacons, 85 religious (28 brothers, 57 sisters), 9 seminarians

Diocese of

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