Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São José do Rio Preto (Dioecesis Riopretensis) is a diocese located in the city of São José do Rio Preto in the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.

History

 * 25 January 1929: Established as Diocese of Rio Preto from the Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal
 * 11 December 2002: Renamed as Diocese of São José do Rio Preto

Special churches

 * Minor Basilicas:
 * Basílica Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Rio Preto

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

 * Bishops of São José do Rio Preto (Roman rite), below
 * Bishop Antônio Emídio Vilar, S.D.B. (19 January 2022 – present)
 * Bishop Tomé Ferreira da Silva (16 November 2012 – 18 August 2021)
 * Bishop Paulo Mendes Peixoto (25 February 2006 – 7 March 2012); elevated to Archbishop of Uberaba
 * Bishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (25 April 1997 – 8 December 2004); elevated to Archbishop of Belem do Para, then Archbishop of Sao Sebastio Rio de Janeiro; future Cardinal
 * Bishops of Rio Preto (Roman Rite), below
 * Bishop José de Aquino Pereira (4 August 1968 – 26 February 1997)
 * Bishop Lafayette Libânio (27 December 1930 – 3 November 1966)

Auxiliary bishop

 * José Joaquim Gonçalves (1957-1973), appointednBishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

 * David Dias Pimentel, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in 1996