Diocese of São Miguel Paulista, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São Miguel Paulista / Sancti Michaëlis Paulinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Paulo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: São Miguel (September 29)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1989.03.15: Established as Diocese of São Miguel Paulista / Sancti Michaëlis Paulinen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Paulo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Algacir Munhak, C.S. (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São Miguel Paulista (Roman Rite)

Bishop Algacir Munhak, C.S. (58)
(2022.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1966.04.19 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.12.17

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (2022.09.21 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Parrado Carral (78)
(2008.01.09 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil)

Anunciamos Jesus Cristo

Born:	1946.09.29 (San Román, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.10

Priest of Santo André (Brazil) (1972.12.10 – 2001.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (2001.01.03 – 2008.01.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2001.01.03 – 2008.01.09)

Apostolic Administrator of São Paulo (Brazil) (2006.12.03 – 2007.03.21)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (2008.01.09 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop Fernando Legal, S.D.B.
(1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)

Cum Matre Jesu

Born:	1931.12.17 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.31
Died:	2023.08.22 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 91)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1980.03.28 – 1985.04.25)

Bishop of Limeira (Brazil) (1985.04.25 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2008.01.09)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José María Libório Camino Saracho (1999.06.16 – 2002.02.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Miguel Arcanjo, São Paulo, São Paulo
Former Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basílica Nossa Senhora da Penha, São Paulo, São Paulo
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (111)

São Paulo (↙), Guarulhos (↖), Mogi das Cruzes (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 196 km²

Population: 2,426,500 Catholics (80.5% of 3,014,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 104 parishes, 244 missions

Personnel: 135 priests (113 diocesan, 22 religious), 7 deacons, 160 religious (34 brothers, 126 sisters), 14 seminarians

Diocese of

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Brazil