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Suffragan diocese Bacabal, Brazil

Diocese of Bacabal

Bacabalen(sis)

The Diocese of Bacabal is a Latin Church diocese in Maranhão state, Brazil, erected on June 22, 1968 from the Prelature of São José do Grajaú and the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Santa Terezinha, in Bacabal, Brazil.

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Established
1968
Catholics
461,000
Priests
44
Territory
15,867 km²

Parishes and churches

18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M.

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The cathedral

Catedral Santa Terezinha stands in Bacabal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Bacabal, a Brazilian city in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão, is the seat of this diocese, called Dioecesis Bacabalensis in Latin.