Diocese of Franca
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Franca is a diocese located in the city of Franca in the ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.
History
- 20 February 1971: Established as Diocese of Franca from the Diocese of Rio Preto
Bishops
- Bishops of Franca
- * Diógenes da Silva Matthes
- * Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M., appointed Bishop of Bauru, São Paulo
- * Pedro Luiz Stringhini, appointed Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
- * Paulo Roberto Beloto
Coadjutor bishop
- Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M.
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Emílio Pignoli, appointed Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo in 1976
- Ângelo Pignoli, appointed Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara in 2007
- Pedro Carlos Cipolini, appointed Bishop of Amparo, São Paulo in 2010
- Devair Araújo da Fonseca, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2014