Archdiocese of Teresina
| Archdiocese of Teresina | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho |
| founding | 1902 |
| surface | 26,272 km² |
| Parishes | 65 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 1,195,485 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 1,085,625 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 90.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 104 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,616 |
| Permanent deacons | 43 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 58 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 144 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Nossa Senhora das Dores |
| Website | arquidiocesedeteresina.org.br |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bom Jesus do Gurguéia Campo Maior Floriano Oeiras Parnaíba Picos São Raimundo Nonato |
The Archdiocese of Teresina ( Latin Archidioecesis Teresiana , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Teresina ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Teresina in the Brazilian state of Piauí .
history
Originally the diocese was separated from the diocese of São Luís do Maranhão in 1902 as the diocese of Piauí . In 1920 areas were assigned to the newly established territorial prelature Bom Jesus do Piauí . In the course of the establishment of the Teresina diocese in December 1944, two further dioceses emerged from the diocesan area with the dioceses of Oeiras and Parnaíba . On August 9, 1952, the diocese was raised to the Archdiocese of Teresina. The last assignments of territory to the new dioceses of Picos and Campo Maior took place in the 1970s .
Bishops of Piauí
- Joaquim Antônio d'Almeida , 1905-1910
- Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque , 1914-1922
- Severino Vieira de Melo , 1923-1944
Bishops of Teresina
- Severino Vieira de Melo , 1944–1952
Archbishops of Teresina
- Severino Vieira de Melo , 1952–1955
- Avelar Brandão Vilela , 1955–1971
- José Freire Falcão , 1971–1984
- Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho , 1985-2001
- Celso José Pinto da Silva , 2001-2008
- Sérgio da Rocha , 2008-2011
- Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho , since 2012
Web links
Commons : Archdiocese of Teresina - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Teresina on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Teresina on gcatholic.org (English)