Diocese of Presidente Prudente
Dioecesis Prudentipolitana
Diocese de Presidente Prudente
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Cathedral of St. Sebastian
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Botucatu |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,251 km2 (5,116 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 511,445 470,000 (91.9%) |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 16 January 1960 (64 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Sebastian in Presidente Prudente |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Benedito Gonçalves dos Santos |
The Diocese of Presidente Prudente (Latin: Dioecesis Prudentipolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Southern Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu.
Its cathedra is in the Catedral São Sebastião, dedicated to Saint Sebastian, in the episcopal seeofPresidente Prudente.
As per 2015, it pastorally served 542,400 Catholics (93.1% of 582,700 total) on 15,513 km2 in 53 parishes and 4 missions with 67 priests (55 diocesan, 12 religious), 58 lay religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters) and 17 seminarians .
(all native Brazilians)
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