Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí

Diocese of Jundiaí Dioecesis Iundiaiensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of Exile
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Sorocaba
Metropolitan	Sorocaba
Statistics
Area	2,262 km2 (873 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2011) 1,155,000 980,000 (84.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 November 1966 (58 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora do Desterro
Patron saint	Nossa Senhora do Desterro
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vicente Costa
Metropolitan Archbishop	Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí (Template:Lang-la) is a diocese located in the city of Jundiaí in the Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil.

History

• 7 November 1966: Established as Diocese of Jundiaí from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo

Bishops

• Bishops of Jundiaí (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Vicente Costa (2009.12.30 - Present)
  • Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira (2004.01.07 – 2009.01.28), appointed Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
  • Bishop Amaury Castanho (1996.10.02 – 2004.01.07)
  • Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1982.03.11 – 1996.10.02)
  • Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1966.11.21 – 1982.03.11)

Coadjutor bishops

• Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1980-1982)
• Amaury Castanho (1989-1996)

Auxiliary bishop

• Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1971-1980), appointed Coadjutor here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Joaquim Justino Carreira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2005
• Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo in 2011

References

• [1]
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Portuguese)