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.

All from Wikipedia.

 

Basilica of Our Lady of Good Voyage, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, 10 days before he resigned.

The parish is the oldest in the diocese—established in 1812.

From TripAdvisor.

 

Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, Embu das Artes, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis 2014.

The church was built between 2004 and 2014 by the Heralds of the Gospel.

 

From TripAdvisor.

Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua, Americana, Sao Paulo

Declared a minor basilica by Pope Francis in 2014.

The church was built between 1950 and 1977.  It is the largest neoclassical church in Brazil.

Pictures are from Wikipedia and TripAdvisor.