Diocese of Presidente Prudente, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Presidente Prudente / Prudentipolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Botucatu

Neighbouring Dioceses: Paranavaí (↙), Naviraí (←), Três Lagoas (↑), Marília (↗), Assis (→), Londrina (↓), Apucarana (↓), Maringá (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Sebastian (January 20)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.01.16: Established as Diocese of Presidente Prudente / Prudentipolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Assis and became suffragan of Botucatu)
1983.04.11: Gained territory from Diocese of Assis

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.04.16 – ...):

Bishop Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Presidente Prudente (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos (67)
(2008.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil)

Fazei tudo o que Ele vos disser

Born:	1958.07.19 (Paracatu, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1990.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.07.05

Priest of Paracatu (Brazil) (1990.12.08 – 2008.04.16)

Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil) (2008.04.16 – ...)

Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho
(2002.02.20 – 2008.04.16)

Segregatus in Evangelium Dei

Born:	1931.11.13 (Santurce, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.09.29
Died:	2021.08.30 (São Paolo, SP, Brazil † 89)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20)

Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil) (2002.02.20 – 2008.04.16)

Bishop Antônio Agostinho Marochi
(1976.02.02 – 2002.02.20)

Evangelizare divitias Christi

Born:	1925.08.28 (Campo Largo da Piedade, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.06
Died:	2018.01.28 (Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil † 92)

Titular Bishop of Thabraca (1973.09.27 – 1976.02.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil) (1973.09.27 – 1976.02.02)

Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil) (1976.02.02 – 2002.02.20)

Bishop José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1969.11.24 – 1975.08.19)

Amoris officium pascere

Born:	1914.04.27 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1938.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.08.19
Died:	2001.06.19 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil † 87)

Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis (1962.06.25 – 1969.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1962.06.25 – 1969.11.24)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1964 – 1968)

Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil) (1969.11.24 – 1975.08.19)

Titular Archbishop of Ulcinj (1975.08.19 – 1979.04.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1975.08.19 – 1979.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1979.04.19 – 1990.05.09)

Bishop José de Aquino Pereira
(1960.03.26 – 1968.05.06)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1920.04.22 (Andrães, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1944.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.13
Died:	2011.11.17 (São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil † 91)

Bishop of Dourados (Brazil) (1958.01.23 – 1960.03.26)

Bishop of Presidente Prudente (Brazil) (1960.03.26 – 1968.05.06)

Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil) (1968.05.06 – 1997.02.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Sebastião, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (56)

Paranavaí (↙), Naviraí (←), Três Lagoas (↑), Marília (↗), Assis (→), Londrina (↓), Apucarana (↓), Maringá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,513 km²

Population: 542,400 Catholics (93.1% of 582,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 55 parishes

Personnel: 70 priests (62 diocesan, 8 religious), 60 religious (17 brothers, 43 sisters), 16 seminarians