Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas (Latin: Dioecesis Balsensis) is a diocese located in the city of Balsas in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

Diocese of Balsas

Dioecesis Balsensis
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area66,025 km2 (25,492 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2006)
237,944
172,710 (72.6%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 December 1954 (66 years ago)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopValentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.

History
  • 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão[1]
  • 26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas[2]

Bishops
Prelates of Santo Antônio de Balsas
  • Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. (1959.05.09 – 1966)
  • Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1967.01.12[3] 1981.10.25)[2]
Bishops of Balsas
  • Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1981.10.25[2] – 1998.04.15)
  • Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. (1998.04.15 – 2006.09.17)
    • Coadjutor bishop 1995–1998
  • Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. (2007.12.12 – 2020.02.02)
  • Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. (2020.07.29 – present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2004

References
  1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). XLVII. 1955. pp. 206–8. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LXXIII. 1981. p. 737. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). LIX. 1967. pp. 359, 745. Retrieved 30 July 2020.


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