Diocese of

Taubaté

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Taubaté / Taubaten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Aparecida

Neighbouring Dioceses: São José dos Campos (←), Pouso Alegre (↑), Aparecida (↗), Itaguaí (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1908.06.07: Established as Diocese of Taubaté / Taubaten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1924.07.04: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santos and Diocese of Sorocaba
1937.07.31: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lorena
1958.04.19: Lost territory to establish Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida and became suffragan of Aparecida
1962.06.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes
1981.01.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of São José dos Campos

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.04.15 – ...):

Bishop Wilson Luís Angotti Filho (68)

Monsignors (9)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Taubaté (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wilson Luís Angotti Filho (68)
(2015.04.15 – ...)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil)

Born:	1958.04.05 (Taquaritinga, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.07.01

Priest of Jaboticabal (Brazil) (1982.12.19 – 2011.05.04)

Titular Bishop of Tabæ (2011.05.04 – 2015.04.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2011.05.04 – 2015.04.15)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (2015.04.15 – ...)

Bishop Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.I. (87)
(1996.05.22 – 2015.04.15)

Bishop emeritus of Taubaté (Brazil)

Sentire cum Christo et Ecclesia

Born:	1939.05.16 (Inhacorá, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.08.17

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1996.05.22 – 2015.04.15)

Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N.
(1981.08.06 – 1996.05.22)

Born:	1920.04.14 (Cipotânea, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1945.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.12.27
Died:	2021.10.11 (Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil † 101)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil) (1971.11.03 – 1977.07.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (1977.07.11 – 1981.08.06)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1981.08.06 – 1996.05.22)

Bishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I.
(1976.05.05 – 1981.08.06)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1927.11.01 (Formiga, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.08.18
Died:	1997.07.31 (Taubaté, SP, Brazil † 69)

Titular Bishop of Carini (1974.06.05 – 1976.05.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1974.06.05 – 1976.05.05)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1976.05.05 – 1981.08.06)

Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral
(1944.10.03 – 1976.05.05)

Gloria Dei pax hominibus

Born:	1898.10.10 (Campinas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1922.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.02.16
Died:	1989.05.01 (Taubaté, SP, Brazil † 90)

Bishop of Lorena (Brazil) (1940.12.21 – 1944.10.03)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1944.10.03 – 1976.05.05)

Bishop André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti
(1936.08.08 – 1941.11.08)

Sinite parvulos venire

Born:	1878.12.15 (Pesqueira, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1904.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.10.28
Died:	1955.06.20 (Taubaté, SP, Brazil † 76)

Bishop of Valença (Brazil) (1925.05.01 – 1936.08.08)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1936.08.08 – 1941.11.08)

Titular Bishop of Limnæ (1941.11.08 – 1955.06.20)

Bishop Epaminondas Nuñez de Ávila e Silva
(1909.04.29 – 1935.06.29)

Deus meus et omnia

Born:	1869.07.04 (Serro, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1892.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.09.08
Died:	1935.06.29 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil † 65)

Priest of Diamantina (Brazil) (1892.07.17 – 1909.04.29)

Bishop of Taubaté (Brazil) (1909.04.29 – 1935.06.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I. (1974.06.05 – 1976.05.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1955 – 1965)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Francisco das Chagas, Taubaté, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Tremembé, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (53)

São José dos Campos (←), Pouso Alegre (↑), Aparecida (↗), Itaguaí (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,537 km²

Population: 505,368 Catholics (65.5% of 771,383 total)

Pastoral Centres: 49 parishes, 310 missions

Personnel: 103 priests (65 diocesan, 38 religious), 38 deacons, 329 religious (156 brothers, 173 sisters), 17 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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