Diocese of

São João da Boa Vista 𝐖

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
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

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

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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