Diocese of Piracicaba, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Piracicaba / Piracicaben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Campinas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 17 (1962)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1944.02.26: Established as Diocese of Piracicaba / Piracicaben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Campinas and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1958.04.19: Became suffragan of Campinas
1976.04.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Limeira

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.11 – ...):

Bishop Devair Araújo da Fonseca (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Piracicaba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Devair Araújo da Fonseca (57)
(2020.11.11 – ...)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Electi et sancti in Christo

Born:	1968.02.01 (Franca, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1998.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.02.01

Priest of Franca (Brazil) (1998.12.20 – 2014.12.10)

Titular Bishop of Uzalis (2014.12.10 – 2020.11.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2014.12.10 – 2020.11.11)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (2020.11.11 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. (80)
(2005.05.25 – 2020.11.11)

Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Christus Factus Obediens

Born:	1945.01.21 (Loreggia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.01

Bishop of Caraguatatuba (Brazil) (1999.03.03 – 2005.05.25)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (2005.05.25 – 2020.11.11)

Bishop Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. (later Archbishop)
(2002.05.15 – 2004.05.19)

Um só coração

Born:	1940.11.30 (Piracicaba, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.03
Died:	2014.06.26 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Sita (1987.11.12 – 2002.05.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1987.11.12 – 2002.05.15)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (2002.05.15 – 2004.05.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2004.05.19 – 2014.06.26)

Bishop Eduardo Koaik
(1984.01.11 – 2002.05.15)

Construir na Caridade

Born:	1926.08.21 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1950.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.01.06
Died:	2012.08.25 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Noba (1973.10.22 – 1979.11.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1973.10.22 – 1979.11.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1979.11.30 – 1984.01.11)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1984.01.11 – 2002.05.15)

Bishop Aniger de Francisco de Maria Melillo
(1960.05.29 – 1984.01.11)

Omnes unum sint

Born:	1911.06.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.06.29
Died:	1985.04.17 († 73)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1960.05.29 – 1984.01.11)

Bishop Ernesto de Paula
(1945.06.30 – 1960.01.09)

Omnia per mariam

Born:	1899.02.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1927.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.01.04
Died:	1994.12.31 († 95)

Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil) (1941.11.22 – 1945.06.30)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (1945.06.30 – 1960.01.09)

Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea (1960.01.09 – 1994.12.31)

Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1944 – 1945.06.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Eduardo Koaik (1979.11.30 – 1984.01.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, Piracicaba, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (74)

Botucatu (↙), Jaú (←), São Carlos (↖), Limeira (↗), Campinas (→), Sorocaba (↓), Itapetininga (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,663 km²

Population: 551,938 Catholics (53.7% of 1,028,202 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes, 386 missions

Personnel: 123 priests (67 diocesan, 56 religious), 44 deacons, 177 religious (78 brothers, 99 sisters), 28 seminarians