Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Campo_Maior

Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior

Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

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.

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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

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

4.8238°S 42.1684°W / -4.8238; -42.1684


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