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Roman Catholic Diocese of São Miguel Paulista

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Diocese of São Miguel Paulista

Dioecesis Sancti Michaëlis Paulinensis
Catedral São Miguel Arcanjo
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Paulo
Statistics
Area196 km2 (76 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,648,534
2,198,284 (83.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established15 March 1989 (35 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São Miguel Arcanjo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAlgacir Munhak, C.S.
Metropolitan ArchbishopOdilo Scherer
Bishops emeritusManuel Parrado Carral
Website
www.diocesesaomiguel.org.br

The Diocese of São Miguel Paulista (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Michaëlis Paulinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is São Miguel Paulista, in the city of São Paulo. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo.

History

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  • 15 March 1989: Established as Diocese of São Miguel Paulista from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo

Bishops

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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