Bishopric of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia
Bishopric of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Teresina |
Diocesan bishop | Marcos Antônio Tavoni |
Vicar General | José Adairton de Jesus Coelho |
founding | June 18, 1920 |
surface | 51,543 km² |
Parishes | 23 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Residents | 194,700 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics | 171,500 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
proportion of | 88.1% |
Diocesan priest | 26 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 5,717 |
Permanent deacons | 2 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Friars | 4 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 5 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
Website | http://www.diocesedebomjesus.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia ( Latin Dioecesis bonuses Jesus a Gurgueia , Portuguese Diocese de Bom Jesus do Gurguéia ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Bom Jesus in the state of Piauí .
history
The diocese Bom Jesus do Gurguéia was founded on June 18, 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. from territory ceded by the diocese of Piauí built as a territorial prelature Bom Jesus do Piauí and subordinated to the archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan . On December 2, 1921, the territorial prelature Bom Jesus do Piauí was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão as a suffragan. The territorial prelature Bom Jesus do Piauí was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Teresina as a suffragan on August 9, 1952.
On October 3, 1981, the territorial prelature Bom Jesus do Piauí - with a simultaneous name change - was raised to the diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Bom Jesus do Piauí
- Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez OdeM , 1924-1926
- Ramón Harrison Abello OdeM, 1926-1928
- Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria OdeM, 1930-1958
- José Vázquez Díaz OdeM, 1958–1981
Bishops of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia
- José Vázquez Díaz OdeM, 1981–1989
- Ramón López Carrozas OdeM, 1989-2014
- Marcos Antônio Tavoni , since 2014
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Centro de Estatística Religiosa e Investigações Sociais (ed.): Anuário Católico do Brasil , edition 2012. Rio de Janeiro 2012. ISSN 0103-4464 . P. 316.