Archdiocese of Campinas

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas (Latin: Archidioecesis Campinensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Campinas in Brazil.

History

  • June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Campinas from the Diocese of São Paulo
  • April 19, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas

Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Archbishops of Campinas (Roman rite), below
  • Bishops of Campinas (Roman Rite), below Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (later Archbishop) (1941.12.14 – 1958.04.19) see above; Bishop Franciscus de Campos Barreto (1920.07.30 – 1941.08.22); Bishop João Batista Corrêa Nery (1908.08.03 – 1920.02.01)

Coadjutor archbishops

Auxiliary bishops

  • Joaquim Mamede da Silva (1916–1947)
  • Bernardo José Bueno Miele (1962–1967), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
  • Luiz Antônio Guedes (1997–2001) appointed Bishop of Bauru, São Paulo

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Octávio Augusto Chagas de Miranda, appointed Bishop of Pouso Alegre in 1916
  • Agnelo Rossi, appointed Bishop of Barra do Piraí in 1956; future Cardinal
  • Ercílio Turco, appointed Bishop of Limeira, São Paulo in 1989
  • Pedro Carlos Cipolini, appointed Bishop of Amparo, São Paulo in 2010

Suffragan dioceses