Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Botucatú, Diocese of

BOTUCATÙ, DIOCESI DI

By Giovanni Meseguer

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Also known as: Latin: Dioecesis Botucatuensis

BOTUCATÚ, Diocese of. - In Brazil, in the State of São Paulo. Erected on 7 June 1908 with a territory of the very vast diocese of São Paulo, of which it is now a suffragan. The territories of other dioceses have subsequently been detached from B., among them Sorocaba (v.), Cafelandia (v.), Assis (v.) and part of that of Santos (v.). Its boundaries with that of Sorocaba were modified in 1925 and in 1932. B. now has an area of 17,000 sq km. It has 450,000 inhabitants, of whom 400,000 are Catholics, 34 parishes, 30 diocesan priests and 39 regulars.

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BIBL.: Acta Pontificia, VII (1909), pp. 170-81; AAS, 17 (1925), pp. 498-500; 19 (1927), pp. 243, 370-72; 22 (1930), pp. 155-57; 24 (1932), p. 118; S. Ruiz, s. v. in DHG, IX, col. 1433.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1975.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Botucatù, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1975. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/botucatu-diocesi-di.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Botucatù, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1975. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/botucatu-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Meseguer, Giovanni},
  title     = {Botucatù, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1975},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/botucatu-diocesi-di}
}

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