Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Ribeirão Preto, Diocese of

REBEIRÃO PRETO, DIOCESI DI

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RIBEIRÃO PRETO, DIOCESE OF. - Suffragan of the archdiocese of São Paulo, in the state of the same name, in Brazil.

It has an area of 26,547 sq. km., with a population of 1,007,200 inhabitants, of whom 819,700 are Catholics. It has 55 parishes, with 20 diocesan priests and 83 religious. It has a minor seminary, 14 male religious communities and 39 female ones.

The diocese was created by Decree of the Sacred Congregation Consistorial of 7 June 1908, by dismemberment of the diocese of São Paulo, raising the church of St. Sebastian to the rank of cathedral.

Its first bishop was Msgr. Alberto José Gonçalves, who governed it for 36 years.

Bibliography2 works

BIBL.: Ann. Pont. 1955, p. 338; O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, p. 322.

Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 601.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Rebeirão Preto, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 601. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/rebeirao-preto-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Rebeirão Preto, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 601. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/rebeirao-preto-diocesi-di.

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  title     = {Rebeirão Preto, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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