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

San Carlo do Pinhal, Diocese of

SAN CARLO DO PINHAL, DIOCESI DI

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Also known as: Diocese of San Carlos do Pinhal

SAN CARLO DO PINHAL, DIOCESE OF. - Suffragan of São Paulo, in the State of São Paulo, in Brazil.

It has an area of 17,427 sq km, with a population of 463,870 inhabitants, of whom 450,273 are Catholics. At present it has 42 parishes, with 35 diocesan priests and 39 regulars. It has a minor seminary, 11 male religious communities and 23 female ones.

The diocese was created on 17 June 1908 by the bull Diocesium nimiam amplitudinem by Pope Pius X; Pope Pius XI on 25 June 1929 separated two other dioceses, those of Rio Preto and Jaboticabal. The patron of the diocese and of the Cathedral is St. Charles Borromeo.

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BIBL.: Ann. Pont., 1947, p. 350; O Brasil Católico, 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 346-47.

Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1748.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “San Carlo Do Pinhal, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1748. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-carlo-do-pinhal-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “San Carlo Do Pinhal, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1748. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-carlo-do-pinhal-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {San Carlo Do Pinhal, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1748},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
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