Diocese of Grajaú
Graiahuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Grajaú, Brazil
The Diocese of Grajaú is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão. It was erected as a territorial prelature in 1922 and later became a diocese. Its current bishop, Dom Giuseppe Luigi Spiga, was installed in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1922
- Latin
- Graiahuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001512
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 307,000
- Population
- 384,000
- Catholic share
- 79.9%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 8,079
- Extent
- 41,023 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.5
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Giuseppe Luigi Spiga
- Born
- 29 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Serramanna
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Senhor do Bonfim stands in Grajaú, 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.
The province of São Luís do Maranhão
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BacabalBacabal
- Diocese of BalsasBalsas
- Diocese of BrejoBrejo
- Diocese of CarolinaCarolina
- Diocese of Caxias do MaranhãoCaxias do Maranhão
- Archdiocese of São Luís do MaranhãoSão Luís do Maranhão
- Diocese of VianaViana
- Diocese of Zé DocaZé Doca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Grajaú, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Graiahuensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].