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Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto
The
Roman Catholic Diocese
of
São José do Rio Preto
is a
diocese
located in the
city of
São José
do
Rio Preto
in the
Ecclesiastical province
of
Ribeirão Preto
in Brazil.
History
25 January
1929: Established as Diocese of Rio Preto from the
Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal
11 December
2002: Renamed as Diocese of São José do Rio Preto
Special churches
Minor Basilicas:
*Basílica
Nossa Senhora Aparecida
, Rio Preto
Bishops
Ordinaries, in
reverse chronological order
Bishops of São José do Rio Preto, below
*
Tomé Ferreira da Silva
*
Bishop
Paulo Mendes Peixoto
; elevated to
Archbishop
of Uberaba
* Bishop
Orani João Tempesta
, O. Cist. ; elevated to Archbishop of
Belem do Para
, then Archbishop of Sao Sebastio
Rio de Janeiro
; future Cardinal
Bishops of Rio Preto, below
* Bishop
José de Aquino Pereira
* Bishop
Lafayette Libânio
Auxiliary bishop
José
Joaquim Gonçalves
, appointednBishop of
Cornélio Procópio
, Parana
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
David Dias Pimentel, appointed
Auxiliary Bishop
of
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
in 1996
