Bishopric of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia

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Bishopric of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia
Basic data
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/
Cathedral in Bom Jesus

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

Bishops of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Centro de Estatística Religiosa e Investigações Sociais (ed.): Anuário Católico do Brasil , edition 2012. Rio de Janeiro 2012. ISSN  0103-4464 . P. 316.

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