Diocese of Parnaíba
Parnaiben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Parnaíba, Brazil
The Diocese of Parnaiba is a Latin Rite diocese in Piaui, Brazil, erected in 1944 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Teresina. Bishop Edivalter Andrade has led the see since 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 December 1944
- Latin
- Parnaiben(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace
- Annuario code
- 001002549
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 495,000
- Population
- 550,000
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 8,684
- Extent
- 20,565 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 24
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
- Edivalter Andrade
- Born
- 17 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Barra de São Francisco
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
Catedral de Nossa Senhora Mae da Divina Graca stands in Parnaíba, 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 Teresina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Teresina.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bom Jesus do GurguéiaBom Jesus do Gurguéia
- Diocese of Campo MaiorCampo Maior
- Diocese of FlorianoFloriano
- Diocese of OeirasOeiras
- Diocese of PicosPicos
- Diocese of São Raimundo NonatoSão Raimundo Nonato
- Archdiocese of TeresinaTeresina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Parnaíba in Brazil is home to this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Parnaibensis), which sits within the ecclesiastical province of Teresina.
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].