Metropolitan see Palmas, Brazil
Archdiocese of Palmas
Palmen(sis) in Brasilia
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Palmas is a Latin Church metropolitan see in the state of Tocantins, erected as a metropolitan archdiocese in 1996. Archbishop Pedro Brito Guimarães, appointed in 2010, leads the province as metropolitan over five suffragan dioceses.
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- Established
- 1996
- Catholics
- 203,000
- Priests
- 100
- Territory
- 29,938 km²
Parishes and churches
37 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- São CristóvãoPalmasView parish
- São Francisco de AssisPalmasView parish
- São João BatistaLagoa do TocantinsView parish
- São João BatistaPalmasView parish
- São Judas TadeuPalmasView parish
- São Luis OrionePalmasView parish
- São SebastiãoTocantíniaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Pedro Brito Guimarães
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The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana do Divino Espírito Santo stands in Palmas, 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
The city of Palmas in Brazil is the seat of an archdiocese known in Latin as Archidioecesis Palmensis in Brasilia.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
- Dom Pedro Brito Guimarães writes about Jesus Christ
- Archdiocese of Palmas holds 10th Círio de Nazaré
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