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Suffragan diocese Coari, Brazil

Diocese of Coari

Coaritan(us)

Latin Church

Diocese of Coari in Amazonas, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus. It was a territorial prelature from 1963 and was elevated to a diocese in 2013. Bishop Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R., has led the see since 2013.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Sant'Ana e São Sebastião, in Coari, Brazil.

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Established
2013
Catholics
166,076
Priests
18
Territory
135,442 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Marek Marian Piatek, C.SS.R.

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The cathedral

Catedral Sant'Ana e São Sebastião stands in Coari, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Pope Francis erected the Diocese of Coari (Latin: Dioecesis Coaritana) on 9 October 2013 as part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus, based in Manaus, Brazil, with its seat in the city of Coari. From its elevation the see has been led by its first bishop, Marek Marian Piatek, C.Ss.R., a native of Poland and a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (the Redemptorists).