Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior (Latin: Dioecesis Campi Maioris) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.

Diocese of Campo Maior

Dioecesis Campi Maioris
Cathedral of St. Anthony
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceTeresina
Statistics
Area27,943 km2 (10,789 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
329,856
304,234 (92.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established12 June 1975 (45 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Santo Antônio
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos
Metropolitan ArchbishopJacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony, in the city of Campo Maior, Piauí.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 354,000 Catholics (94.9% of 373,000 total) on 27,943 km² in 31 parishes and 419 missions with 35 priests (34 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 deacon, 23 lay religious (1 brother, 22 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Bishops

(all Roman rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Campo Maior
  • Abel Alonso Núñez, Mercederians (O. de M.) (1976.03.24 – retired 2000.02.02), previously Auxiliary Bishop of the then Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24) & Titular Bishop of Nicives (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24)
  • Eduardo Zielski (2000.02.02 – 2016.03.02), next Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui (2016.03.02 - present)
  • Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (2017.06.21 – ...), no previous prelature.

So far, the diocese has had no auxiliary bishop.

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Juarez Sousa Da Silva, appointed Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui in 2008

See also


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