Diocese of Caraguatatuba, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Caraguatatuba / Caraguatatuben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Aparecida

Neighbouring Dioceses: São José dos Campos (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1999.03.03: Established as Diocese of Caraguatatuba / Caraguatatuben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santos and became suffragan of São Paulo)
2001.01.26: Became suffragan of Aparecida

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.06.19 – ...):

Bishop José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caraguatatuba (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. (69)
(2013.06.19 – ...)

Bishop of Caraguatatuba (Brazil)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit

Born:	1956.12.26 (Curitiba, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.19

Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ (2010.12.22 – 2013.06.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2010.12.22 – 2013.06.19)

Bishop of Caraguatatuba (Brazil) (2013.06.19 – ...)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B. (74) (later Archbishop)
(2006.07.26 – 2012.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Nós acreditamos no amor

Born:	1951.10.18 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.10.28

Bishop of Caraguatatuba (Brazil) (2006.07.26 – 2012.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2012.07.11 – 2015.07.15)

Bishop Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. (81)
(1999.03.03 – 2005.05.25)

Bishop emeritus of Piracicaba (Brazil)

Christus Factus Obediens

Born:	1945.01.21 (Loreggia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.01

Bishop of Caraguatatuba (Brazil) (1999.03.03 – 2005.05.25)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (2005.05.25 – 2020.11.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, Caraguatatuba, São Paulo
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (19)

São José dos Campos (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,949 km²

Population: 204,000 Catholics (59.2% of 344,329 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes

Personnel: 30 priests (27 diocesan, 3 religious), 19 deacons, 15 religious (3 brothers, 12 sisters), 4 seminarians