Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato
| Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Teresina |
| Diocesan bishop | Edward Zielski |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 39,051 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 208,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 187,800 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 90.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,869 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Ramundo Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.diocesedesaoraimundo.com.br/ |
The Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato ( Latin Dioecesis Raymundiana , Portuguese Diocese of Sao Raimundo Nonato ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in São Raimundo Nonato in the state of Piauí .
history
The diocese of São Raimundo Nonato was on December 17, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. with the papal bull Cum venerabilis from cessions of territory by the territorial prelature Bom Jesus do Piauí established as the territorial prelature of São Raimundo Nonato and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Teresina as a suffragan . The territorial prelature of São Raimundo Nonato was raised to a diocese on October 3, 1981.
Ordinaries
Prelates of São Raimundo Nonato
- Amadeu González Ferreiros OdeM , 1961–1967
- Cândido Lorenzo González OdeM, 1969–1981
Bishops of São Raimundo Nonato
- Cândido Lorenzo González OdeM, 1981-2002
- Pedro Brito Guimarães , 2002–2010, then Archbishop of Palmas
- João Santos Cardoso , 2011–2015, then Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa
- Edward Zielski , since 2016