Diocese of Campo Maior
| Diocese of Campo Maior | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Teresina |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos CSsR |
| founding | 1975 |
| surface | 27,943 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 366,587 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 348,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 94.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,923 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio |
| Website | http://www.diocesedecampomaior.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Campo Maior ( Latin Dioecesis Campi Maioris , Portuguese Diocese de Campo Maior ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Campo Maior in the state of Piauí .
history
The diocese of Campo Maior was on June 12, 1975 by Pope Paul VI. built with the papal bull Tametsi munus Ecclesiae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Teresina and the Diocese of Parnaíba . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Teresina as a suffragan .
Bishops of Campo Maior
- Abel Alonso Nuñez OdeM , 1976-2000
- Edward Zielski , 2000-2016
- Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos CSsR , since 2017
See also
Web links
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