Suffragan diocese Floriano, Brazil
Diocese of Floriano
Florianen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese centered on Floriano in Piaui state, northeastern Brazil. Erected 27 February 2008 from the Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Teresina. Its cathedral is the Catedral Sao Pedro de Alcantara.
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- Established
- 2008
- Catholics
- 162,100
- Priests
- 32
- Territory
- 58,697 km²
Parishes and churches
24 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral São Pedro de AlcântaraFloriano · CathedralView parish
- Igreja Bom Jesus da LapaItaueiraView parish
- Igreja Bom Jesus da LapaPorto Alegre do PiauíView parish
- Igreja Imaculada ConceiçãoItaueiraView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora da Conceição AparecidaBertolíniaView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora de FátimaColônia do GurguéiaView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora de FátimaPavussuView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora de GuadalupeGuadalupeView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora de NazaréNazaré do PiauíView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora de SantanaAntônio AlmeidaView parish
- Igreja Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroMarcos ParenteView parish
- Igreja Nova de São SebastiãoUruçuíView parish
- Igreja Santa CruzLandri SalesView parish
- Igreja Santa TeresinhaBaixa Grande do RibeiroView parish
- Igreja Santo AntônioFlores do PiauíView parish
- Igreja Santo AntônioJerumenhaView parish
- Igreja São BartolomeuEliseu MartinsView parish
- Igreja São Francisco das ChagasRio Grande do PiauíView parish
- Igreja São Francisco de AssisSão Francisco do PiauíView parish
- Igreja São JoséSão José do PeixeView parish
- Igreja São João BatistaRibeiro GonçalvesView parish
- Igreja São João BatistaSebastião LealView parish
- Igreja São Pedro de AlcântaraManoel EmídioView parish
- Igreja São Raimundo NonatoCanavieiraView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Edivalter Andrade
- Born
- 17 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Barra de São Francisco
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The cathedral
Catedral Sao Pedro de Alcantara stands in Floriano, 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
In northeastern Brazil, within the ecclesiastical province of Teresina, the Diocese of Floriano (Latin: Dioecesis Florianensis) serves as a suffragan Latin see. Its episcopal seat is the Cathedral São Pedro de Alcântara, dedicated to Peter of Alcantara, in the city of Floriano in Piauí state.