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 (Latin: Dioecesis Raymundianus) is a Latin 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

Ordinaries

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of São Raimundo Nonato
  • Amadeu González Ferreiros, Mercederians (O. de M.) (1961.12.23 – retired 1967.12.28), Titular Bishop of 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
  • Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (see above 1981.10.03 – retired 2002.07.17)
  • Pedro Brito Guimarães (2002.07.17 – 2010.10.20), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Palmas (Brazil) (2010.10.20 – ...)
  • João Santos Cardoso (2011.12.14 – 2015.06.24), later Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (2015.06.24 – ...)
  • Eduardo Zielski (2016.03.02 – retired 2023.07.19)
  • Ronilton Souza de Araújo (2023.07.19 – Present)

References

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


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