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

Taubaté, Diocese of

TAUBATÉ, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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TAUBATÉ, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of São Paulo, in Brazil.

It has an area of 10,050 sq km, with a population of 397,954 inhabitants, of whom 350,000 are Catholics. It has 32 parishes, with 65 diocesan priests and 50 regulars, 1 seminary, 11 male religious communities and 44 female. The diocese was erected by Bl. Pius X, with the bull Diocesium nimiam amplitudinem, of 7 June 1908, and its first bishop was Msgr. Epaminonda Nunes de Avila e Silva, d. in 1935. The diocese is a suffragan of São Paulo. The titular of the cathedral is St. Francis das Chagas.

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BIBL.: Ann. Pont. 1933, p. 418; O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, p. 430 ff.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1797.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Taubaté, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1797. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/taubate-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Taubaté, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1797. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/taubate-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec11_taubate_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Taubaté, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1797},
  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/taubate-diocesi-di}
}

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