Diocese of

São João da Boa Vista

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São João da Boa Vista / Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ribeirão Preto

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.01.16: Established as Diocese of São João da Boa Vista / Sancti Ioannis in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto and became suffragan of Ribeirão Preto)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.01.04 – ...):

Bishop Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São João da Boa Vista (Roman Rite)

Bishop Eugênio Barbosa Martins, S.S.S. (64)
(2024.01.04 – ...)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Born:	1960.09.05 (Araguari, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.04.07

Superior General of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramentinos) (2011 – 2023.11.20)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2024.01.04 – ...)

Archbishop Moacir Silva (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.12.07 – 2024.01.04)

Bishop José Carlos Brandão Cabral (61)
(2022.08.03 – 2023.12.07)

Bishop emeritus of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil)

Eis aí o teu filho

Born:	1963.05.30 (Tupã, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.15

Priest of Limeira (Brazil) (1993.03.12 – 2013.06.19)

Bishop of Almenara (Brazil) (2013.06.19 – 2022.08.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2020.03.25 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2022.08.03 – 2023.12.07)

Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. (67)
(2016.09.28 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil)

A vida pelas ovelhas

Born:	1957.11.14 (Guardinha, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.09.27

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (2008.07.23 – 2016.09.28)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2016.09.28 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2022.01.19 – ...)

Bishop David Dias Pimentel
(2001.02.07 – 2016.09.28)

Born:	1941.03.18 (São Miguel dos Acores, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.01.31
Died:	2021.03.16 (São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil † 79)

Titular Bishop of Marazanæ (1996.12.11 – 2001.02.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1996.12.11 – 2001.02.07)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2001.02.07 – 2016.09.28)

Bishop Dadeus Grings (88) (later Archbishop)
(1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

A Verdade Vos Libertará

Born:	1936.09.07 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.03.15

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1961.12.23 – 1991.01.23)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2000.04.12 – 2001.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2001.02.07 – 2013.09.18)

Bishop Tomás Vaquero
(1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)

Born:	1914.03.26 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.08.15
Died:	1992.08.02 († 78)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1963.07.02 – 1991.01.23)

Bishop David Picão
(1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10)

Omnibus Omnia Factus

Born:	1923.08.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.07.31
Died:	2009.04.30 († 85)

Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1960.05.14 – 1963.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Thois (1963.05.10 – 1966.11.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1963.05.10 – 1966.11.21)

Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1966.11.21 – 2000.07.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo
Minor Basilica: Basílica Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Bom Sucesso, Caconde, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (87)

Limeira (↙), Ribeirão Preto (↖), Guaxupé (↑), Pouso Alegre (→), Amparo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,089 km²

Population: 448,000 Catholics (66.2% of 677,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 79 parishes

Personnel: 245 priests (166 diocesan, 79 religious), 13 deacons, 335 religious (196 brothers, 139 sisters), 36 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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