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

Santos, Diocese of

SANTOS, DIOCESI DI

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SANTOS, Diocese of. - Suffragan of São Paulo, in the state of the same name, in Brazil.

It has an area of 18,999 sq km and a population of 377,000 inhabitants, of whom 300,000 are Catholics, with 26 parishes, served by 25 diocesan priests and 28 regular priests. There are 7 male communities and 16 female communities.

Erected by Pope Pius XI on 4 July 1924, with the apostolic constitution Ubi prassulés, by dismemberment of the archdiocese of São Paulo; its first bishop was Msgr. José Maria Pereira Lara. It has a preparatory seminary. The titular of the diocese is Our Lady of the Apparition (Abarrecida). Pope Pius XI, with an apostolic letter of 8 July 1925, erected as a conventual priory the Benedictine monastery of the R. M. Virgin in S.

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BIBL.: AAS, 17 (1923), pp. 498-500. 530-31; O Brasil católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, p. 341; Ann. Pont. 1951, p. 368.

Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 1883–1884.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Santos, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1883–1884. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/santos-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Santos, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1883–1884. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/santos-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Santos, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1883--1884},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/santos-diocesi-di}
}

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