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Diocese of Balsas
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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.
- Bishop
- Most Rev. Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
- Latin name
- Balsen(sis)
- Established
- 1954
- Patron
- Saint Anthony (Santo Antônio)
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- São Luís do Maranhão (Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão)
- Catholics
- 172,710
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, C.P. 18, Praça Getúlio Vargas 149, Centro, 65800-000 Balsas, MA, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [099]3541-2483; fax 3541-2566
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Carolina 160 km
- Diocese of Grajaú 191 km
- Diocese of Tocantinópolis 203 km
- Diocese of Araguaína 240 km
- Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia 252 km
- Diocese of Imperatriz 274 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro · Balsas <1 km
- Menino Jesus · Fortaleza dos Nogueiras 65 km
- Nossa Senhora de Nazaré · Riachão 67 km
- São Raimundo Nonato · São Raimundo das Mangabeiras 84 km
- Bom Jesus da Lapa · Sambaíba 88 km
- São Bento · Mirador 106 km
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Sources: Wikipedia + Catholic-Hierarchy · Annuario code 001000802 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08