Diocese of São José dos Campos, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São José dos Campos / Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Aparecida

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 1 (2005)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.01.30: Established as Diocese of São José dos Campos / Sancti Iosephi in Brasilia (Latin) (from Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes and Diocese of Taubaté and became suffragan of Aparecida)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.03.20 – ...):

Bishop José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São José dos Campos (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. (71)
(2014.03.20 – ...)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil)

Somos de Deus

Born:	1953.03.01 (Rio do Sul, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.29

Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (2009.01.28 – 2014.03.20)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (2014.03.20 – ...)

Bishop Moacir Silva (70) (later Archbishop)
(2004.10.20 – 2013.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil)

Permanecei em mim

Born:	1954.07.16 (São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.11

Priest of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1986.12.06 – 2004.10.20)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (2004.10.20 – 2013.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (2013.04.24 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2021.08.18 – 2022.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (2023.12.07 – 2024.01.04)

Bishop José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. (85)
(1991.05.11 – 2003.10.01)

Bishop emeritus of Santo André (Brazil)

Sem mim nada podeis

Born:	1939.09.11 (Imarui, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.07.20

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1991.05.11 – 2003.10.01)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil) (2003.10.01 – 2015.05.27)

Bishop Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. (later Cardinal)
(1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23)

Deus é bom

Born:	1932.12.08 (Luzerna, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.05.01
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21
Died:	2021.01.13 (São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2001.07.25 – 2009.02.27)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (2001.10.03 – 2010.07.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (2003.10.21 [2004.06.14] – 2021.01.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de São Dimas, São José dos Campos, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (47)

Mogi das Cruzes (↙), Guarulhos (←), Pouso Alegre (↑), Taubaté (→), Caraguatatuba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,271 km²

Population: 682,000 Catholics (66.3% of 1,028,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 45 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 100 priests (81 diocesan, 19 religious), 98 deacons, 141 religious (21 brothers, 120 sisters), 25 seminarians