Suffragan diocese Balsas, Brazil
Diocese of Balsas
Balsen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Balsas is a Latin Church diocese in Maranhão, Brazil, established in 1954 as the Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas and raised to a diocese in 1981. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, led by Bishop Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1954
- Catholics
- 172,710
- Priests
- 23
- Territory
- 66,025 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sagrado Coração de JesusBalsas · CathedralView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaBalsas · CathedralView parish
- Bom Jesus da LapaSambaíbaView parish
- Menino JesusFortaleza dos NogueirasView parish
- Nossa Senhora das VitóriasAlto ParnaibaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LoretoLoretoView parish
- Nossa Senhora de NazaréRiachãoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoTasso FragosoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroBalsasView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroParaibanoView parish
- Santa LuziaBenedito LeiteView parish
- Santa TerezinhaSucupira do NorteView parish
- Santo AntônioNova IorqueView parish
- São BentoPastos BonsView parish
- São BentoMiradorView parish
- São Domingos GusmãoSão Domingos do AzeitãoView parish
- São FelixSão Felix de BalsasView parish
- São Raimundo NonatoSão Raimundo das MangabeirasView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
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The cathedral
Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Balsas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The Diocese of Balsas (Latin: Dioecesis Balsensis) is seated in the Brazilian city of Balsas, within the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão.