Suffragan diocese Brejo, Brazil
Diocese of Brejo
Breien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Brejo is a Latin Church diocese in Maranhão state, Brazil, established on September 14, 1971. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1971
- Catholics
- 493,850
- Priests
- 29
- Territory
- 23,340 km²
Parishes and churches
17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçaoBrejo · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReiChapadinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoAraiosesView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoBarreirinhasView parish
- Nossa Senhora da NatividadeUrbano SantosView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresChapadinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de NazaréSão BernardoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoÁgua DoceView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos AflitosSanta Quitéria do MaranhãoView parish
- Santa LuziaAfonso CunhaView parish
- Santo AntônioMagalhães de AlmeidaView parish
- Senhora SantanaBuritiView parish
- Senhora SantanaCoelho NetoView parish
- São BeneditoSão Benedito do Rio PretoView parish
- São BernardoAnapurusView parish
- São FranciscoMata RomaView parish
- São JoséDuque BacelarView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Valdeci Santos Mendes
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Brejo, 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
Seated in the city of Brejo, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Breiensis) belongs to Brazil's ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão.