Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

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Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

Dioecesis Raymundianus
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceTeresina
Statistics
Area39,316 km2 (15,180 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
202,600
183,300 (90.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established17 December 1960 (63 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São Ramundo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRonilton Souza de Araújo
Metropolitan ArchbishopJacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho
Website
www.diocesedesaoraimundo.com.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (

suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí
state.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São Raimundo, located in the city of São Raimundo Nonato.

In 2010, the diocese had an area of 39,316 square kilometres; a total population of 193,000; a Catholic population of 174,000; 23 priests; and 42 religious.[1]

History

  • Established on 17 December 1960 as
    Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí
  • Promoted on 3 October 1981 as Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato.

Ordinaries

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of São Raimundo Nonato
  • Metræ
    (1963.02.18 – death 1995.03.20)
  • Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (1969.12.05 – 1981.10.03 see below, promoted as first bishop), Titular Bishop of Skradin (1969.12.05 – 1978.05.26)
Bishops of São Raimundo Nonato

References

  1. ^ "News from the Vatican - News about the Church - Vatican News".

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