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Archdiocese of Campinas

Archidioecesis Campinensis



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Bishop(s)

  • João Inácio Müller, O.F.M., Archbishop
  • Gilberto Pereira Lopes, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 19 April 1958
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Sao Paulo
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 2,134 (824 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 1
  • Official Web Site: http://arquidiocesecampinas.com/
  • Mailing Address: Av. Aquidaban 144, Vila Lidia, 13026-510 Campinas, SP, Brazil
  • Telephone: (019)3519-3050

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Campinas
7 June 1908ErectedDiocese of São Paulo Diocese of Campinas (erected)
24 July 1925Territory LostDiocese of Campinas (Socorro and Barra Mansa)
Archdiocese of São Paulo (Bragança, Piracaia, Atibaia, Loannopolis, Bom Iesus dos Perdôes, Nazareth, and part of Juquery, Jarinu, Itatiba, and Tuiuty)
Diocese of Bragança Paulista (erected)
26 February 1944Territory LostDiocese of Campinas (Capivari, Piracicaba, Rio das Pedras, Santa Bárbara d´Oeste, Santa Maria da Serra, and San Pedro) Diocese of Piracicaba (erected)
14 February 1958Territory AddedArchdiocese of São Paulo (Vinhedo) Diocese of Campinas
14 February 1958Territory LostDiocese of Campinas (Rio Claro, Santa Gertrudes, and Cordeirópolis) Diocese of Piracicaba
Archdiocese of Campinas
19 April 1958ElevatedDiocese of Campinas Archdiocese of Campinas
21 July 1958Territory AddedArchdiocese of Ribeirão Preto (Lerne, Piraçununga, and Porto Ferreira) Archdiocese of Campinas
21 July 1958Territory LostArchdiocese of Campinas (Mogí-Guassú) Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto
7 November 1966Territory LostArchdiocese of Campinas (Louveira)
Archdiocese of São Paulo (Cabreúva, Cajamar, Campo Limpo, Itu, Itupeva, Jundiai, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Santana do Parnaíba, Salto, and Varzea Paulista)
Diocese of Jundiaí (erected)
29 April 1976Territory LostArchdiocese of Campinas (Limeira, Iracemápolis, Americana, Nova Odessa, Conchai, Artur Nogueira, Cosmópolis, Araras, Lerne, Santa Cruz da Conceicão, Pirassununga, Porto Ferreira, and Descalvado)
Diocese of Piracicaba (Cordeirópolis and Analândia)
Diocese of Limeira (erected)
23 December 1997Territory LostArchdiocese of Campinas
Diocese of Limeira
Diocese of Amparo (erected) (Amparo, Aguas de Lindóia, Holambra, Itapira, Jaguariúna, Lindóia, Mogi Mirim, Monte Alegre do Sul, Pedreira, Santo Antonio de Posse, and Serra Negra)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Campinas
1949480,000510,00094.1%601161762,72745ap1951
Archdiocese of Campinas
1959450,000480,00093.8%79781572,86612875449ap1960
1965740,230821,48090.1%1031002033,64616498690ap1967
19701,175,0001,200,00097.9%118892075,67613488998ap1971
19761,283,2001,600,00080.2%791222016,3842229768103ap1977
1980885,000983,00090.0%72801525,822121556071ap1981
19901,786,0002,175,00082.1%841182028,841326862980ap1991
1999886,0181,009,12087.8%65821476,027213437567ap2000
2000885,6121,009,87087.7%68851535,788215138070ap2001
20011,237,0451,694,58373.0%65811468,472220939271ap2002
20021,235,1281,693,27572.9%68721408,822419839071ap2003
20031,235,4351,694,02172.9%76831597,770418632572ap2004
20041,235,2811,698,36072.7%78821607,720422635073ap2005
20061,275,9801,748,11573.0%86841707,505518035375ap2007
20131,602,4102,189,15773.2%111651769,1042016625788ap2014
20161,626,0612,229,00073.0%117721898,6032616930498ap2017
20191,646,8182,313,18271.2%117731908,66725167309102ap2020
20211,665,4982,383,23369.9%125711968,49724153283102ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Campinas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 536, to Page 539
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 90, to Page 94
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 105, and Page 106

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