Diocese of Pinheiro
| Diocese of Pinheiro | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão |
| Diocesan bishop | Elio Rama IMC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ricardo Pedro Paglia MSC |
| Vicar General | Geraldo Lima Silva |
| founding | 1939 |
| surface | 21,360 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 486,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 279,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 57.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,719 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Santo Inácio de Loiola |
| Website | http://diocesedepinheiro.com/ |
The diocese Pinheiro ( Latin Dioecesis Pinerensis , Portuguese Diocese de Pinheiro ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Pinheiro in the state of Maranhão .
history
The Diocese of Pinheiro was on July 22, 1939 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad maius Christifidelium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and the Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú as the Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro . The Territorial Prelature Pinheiro was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão as a suffragan . The Territorial Prelature Pinheiro gave on October 16, 1961 parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature Cândido Mendes .
On October 16, 1979, the territorial prelature of Pinheiro was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum praelaturae .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Pinheiro
- Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta , 1940–1944 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- José Maria Lemerder , 1944–1946
- Afonso Maria Ungarelli MSC , 1946–1975
- Carmelo Cassati MSC, 1975–1979, then Bishop of Tricarico
- Ricardo Pedro Paglia MSC, 1979
Bishops of Pinheiro
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ad maius Christifidelium , AAS 32 (1940), n.4, p. 112ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum praelaturae , AAS 71 (1979), n.16, pp. 1504f.