Diocese of Jundiaí

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí () is a diocese located in the city of Jundiaí in the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil.

History

• 7 November 1966: Established as Diocese of Jundiaí from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo

Bishops

• Bishops of Jundiaí (Roman rite)
• BIshop Arnaldo Carvalheiro Neto (15 June 2022 – present)
• Bishop Vicente Costa (30 December 2009 – 15 June 2022)
• Bishop Gil Antônio Moreira (7 January 2004 – 28 January 2009), appointed Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
• Bishop Amaury Castanho (2 October 1996 – 7 January 2004)
• Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (11 March 1982 – 2 October 1996)
• Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (21 November 1966 – 11 March 1982)

Coadjutor bishops

• Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1980–1982)
• Amaury Castanho (1989–1996)

Auxiliary bishop

• Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1971–1980), appointed Coadjutor here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Joaquim Justino Carreira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2005
• Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo in 2011

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