Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Carolina

Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina

Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

"Diocese of Carolina" redirects here. For the Anglican Church in North America diocese, see Diocese of the Carolinas.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina (Latin: Dioecesis Carolinensis in Brasilia) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in northeastern Brazil's Maranhão state.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São Pedro de Alcântara, dedicated to Saint Peter of Alcantara, in the city of Carolina, Maranhão.

History

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 158,100 Catholics (89.9% of 175,800 total) on 18,252 km² in 11 parishes and 1 mission with 12 priests (diocesan), 2 lay religious (2 sisters) and 4 seminarians.

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

Territorial Bishop-Prelates of Carolina
Suffragan Bishops of Carolina
  • Marcelino Sérgio Bicego, OFMCap (see above 1979.10.16 – death 1980.01.22)
  • Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães, OFMCap (1981.09.03 – 1990.09.12), next Prelate (later Bishop) of Alto Solimões (Brazil) (1990.09.12 – retired 2015.05.20)
  • Marcelino Correr, OFMCap (1991.03.13 – retired 2003.10.15), died 2006
  • José Soares Filho, OFMCap (2003.10.15 – retired 2017.07.05), also Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Tocantinópolis (Brazil) (2008.01 – 2009.03.04); succeeded as previous Coadjutor Bishop of Carolina (2003.01.15 – 2003.10.15)
  • Francisco Lima Soares (2018.11.21 -)

Coadjutor bishop

  • José Soares Filho, OFMCap (2003)

See also

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