Brazil—Sao Paulo—3

Basilica Sanctuary of St. Michael the Archangel, Sao Miguel Arcanjo, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2018.

A church was built here in the late 1800s. The current neo-Gothic church was built between 1945 and 1962.

From a local source

Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Francis in 2019.

The Benedictine church was built in 1947.

From a local source.

Basilica of St. Anne, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2020.

The Jesuits built a church here in the 18^th Century. After they were expelled from Brazil in 1759 the church fell into secular use. The parish was reestablished in 1895 and the current church was built beginning in 1906 and wasn’t completed until after the First World War.

From a local source.

Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Conception, Tatui, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2021.

The parish was established in 1818 and the current church dates to the late 1800s.

From TripAdvisor

Basilica of the Good Lord Jesus, Monte Alo, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 1922.

This church opened in 1881.

Pictures are from local sources.

Basilica of St. Benedict, Araraquara, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2023.

I was unable to find anything about this basilica.

Basilica of Our Lady of Mercy, Piedade, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Francis in 2023.

The parish was established in 1847 and the current building opened in 1916.

From Dreamstime

Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Cruzeiro, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2025.

This baroque and neoclassical church opened in 1935.

From Dreamstime.

New basilicas in Brazil

Basilica of St. Francis Xavier of Engenho Velho, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Leo XIV in 2025.

A church has been here since the 16^th Century and was originally Jesuit. The current church was built in the 1920s.

Pictures are from Flickr and a local source.

Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Conception of Aparecida and St. Innocent Martyr, Tomazina, Parana

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Leo XIV in 2026.

The parish was established in 1886 and the existing masonry church was built between 1926 and 1935. A German artist painted panels and frescoes in the 1950s. Relics of St. Innocent, a 3^rd Century Roman martyr, were moved to here from Rome in 1975 which has attracted pilgrims.

From a local source.

Brazil—Sao Paulo—2

Cathedral Basilica of St. Bento, Marilia, Sao Paulo

Designated a minor basilica by Pope Paul VI in 1975.

The basilica is the cathedral for the Diocese of Marilia.

Pictures are from the Diocese website and Instagram.

Basilica of Our Lady of Penha de Franca, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo

Designated a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1985.

A church was built here in the 1950s but could not handle the large number of pilgrims that it attracted. So, the current church was built in the 1960s and is 10 times the size of the first church.

From a local source and Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady of Bethlehem, Itatiba, Sao Paulo

Designated a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1991.

The church was built between 1830 and 1850. It was largely rebuilt in the 1960s.

From Wikipedia.

Basilica of St. Vincent de Paul, Assis, Sao Paulo

Designated a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1998.

Established as a parish in 1940.

From local sources.

Basilica of Our Lady of the Conception of Good Success, Caconde, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.

The neo-Romanesque church was built between 1820 and 1856. The parish dates to 1775.

From Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady of Patronage, Araras, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.

The neo-classical church was built between 1879 and 1881. It is designed as a replica of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.

All pictures from Wikipedia.

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Caieiras, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012.

The neo-Gothic church was built between 2006 and 20008 for the seminary of a clerical society and a house of formation for the Heralds of the Gospel. The seminarians come from all over the world. The school’s library will soon have 150,000 books.