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Suffragan diocese Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão

Caxien(sis) in Maragnano

Latin Church

Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão in Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, erected in 1939 from the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão. Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte has led the see since his appointment in 2017.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, in Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil.

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Established
1939
Catholics
825,000
Priests
24
Territory
34,449 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Sebastião Lima Duarte

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The cathedral

Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios stands in Caxias do Maranhão, 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

A suffragan Latin see under the Metropolitan of São Luís do Maranhão, the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão (Latin: Dioecesis Caxiensis in Maragnano) lies in northeastern Brazil. The city of Caxias (do Maranhão), in Maranhão state, holds its cathedral, the Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios.