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Suffragan diocese Oeiras, Brazil

Diocese of Oeiras

Oeiren(sis)

The Diocese of Oeiras is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Piauí in northeastern Brazil, erected in 1944. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Teresina and is led by Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, in Oeiras, Brazil.

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Established
1944
Catholics
124,000
Priests
25
Territory
15,096 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória stands in Oeiras, 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 Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in northeastern Brazil, the Diocese of Oeiras (Latin: Dioecesis Oeirensis) has its episcopal seat at the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, dedicated to Our Lady of Victory, in the city of Oeiras in the Brazilian state of Piauí.