Diocese of Registro, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Registro / Registren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sorocaba

Neighbouring Dioceses: Paranaguá (↙), Itapeva (←), Itapetininga (↖), Sorocaba (↑), Osasco (↗), Campo Limpo (↗), Santos (→)

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Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

1974.01.19: Established as Diocese of Registro / Registren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Itapeva and Diocese of Santos and became suffragan of São Paulo)
1992.04.29: Became suffragan of Sorocaba

Bishop (2018.05.16 – ...):

Bishop Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior, M.S.C. (59)

Bishops of Registro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manoel Ferreira dos Santos Júnior, M.S.C. (59)
(2018.05.16 – ...)

Bishop of Registro (Brazil)

Bishop of Registro (Brazil) (2018.05.16 – ...)

Bishop José Luíz Bertanha, S.V.D. (83)
(1998.05.26 – 2018.05.16)

Bishop emeritus of Registro (Brazil)

Bishop of Registro (Brazil) (1998.05.26 – 2018.05.16)

Bishop of Registro (Brazil) (1974.12.13 – 1996.06.26)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (1996.06.26 – 2004.05.30)

Area: 13,293 km²

Population: 190,000 Catholics (59.2% of 321,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (22 diocesan, 12 religious), 6 deacons, 25 religious (13 brothers, 12 sisters), 9 seminarians