Diocese of Viana (Brazil)
| Diocese of Viana (Brazil) | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão |
| Diocesan bishop | Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos CM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d'Ableiges |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 26,000 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 663,000 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 529,000 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 79.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,297 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 12 (31.12.2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 31 (December 31, 2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
| Website | http://www.diocesedeviana.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Viana ( lat. : Dioecesis Vianensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Viana in the state of Maranhão .
history
The diocese of Viana was on October 13, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. built from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Viana
- Amleto de Angelis MSC , 1963-1967
- Francisco Hélio Campos , 1969–1975
- Adalberto Paulo da Silva, OFMCap , 1975-1995
- Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d'Ableiges , 1998-2010
- Sebastião Lima Duarte , 2010–2017, then Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão
- Evaldo Carvalho dos Santos CM , since 2019