Diocese of Itapetininga, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Itapetininga / Itapetiningen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sorocaba

Neighbouring Dioceses: Itapeva (↙), Botucatu (↖), Piracicaba (↑), Sorocaba (→), Registro (↘)

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1998.04.15: Established as Diocese of Itapetininga / Itapetiningen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sorocaba and Diocese of Itapeva and became suffragan of Sorocaba)

Bishop (2025.02.25 – ...):

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (59)

Bishops of Itapetininga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (59)
(2025.02.25 – ...)

Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Priest of Bauru (Brazil) (1997.07.10 – 2017.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Tindari (2017.05.10 – 2020.05.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2017.05.10 – 2020.05.06)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2020.05.06 – 2025.02.25)

Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil) (2025.02.25 – ...)

Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. (76)
(1998.04.15 – 2025.02.25)

Bishop emeritus of Itapetininga (Brazil)

Bishop of Itapetininga (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2025.02.25)

Area: 8,144 km²

Population: 419,000 Catholics (91.5% of 458,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes

Personnel: 52 priests (50 diocesan, 2 religious), 93 deacons, 29 religious (2 brothers, 27 sisters), 14 seminarians