Diocese of Imperatriz
| Diocese of Imperatriz | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão |
| Diocesan bishop | Vilson Basso SCI |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 25,958 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 562,890 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 315.218 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 56% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.164 |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Fátima |
| Website | http://www.diocesedeimperatriz.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Imperatriz ( Latin Dioecesis Imperatricis , Portuguese Diocese de Imperatriz ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Imperatriz in the state of Maranhão .
history
The diocese of Imperatriz was established on June 27, 1987 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quae maiori Christifidelium from ceded territory of the diocese of Carolina and subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão as a suffragan .
Bishops of Imperatriz
- Affonso Felippe Gregory , 1987-2005
- Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira , 2005–2016, then Coadjutor Bishop of Crato
- Vilson Basso SCI , since 2017
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quae maiori Christifidelium , AAS 79 (1987), n.1, p. 16ff.