Suffragan diocese Picos, Brazil
Diocese of Picos
Picuen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Picos in Piaui was established on October 28, 1974, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Teresina. Bishop Plinio Jose Luz da Silva has served as its second bishop since taking office in January 2004.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1974
- Catholics
- 367,190
- Priests
- 44
- Territory
- 23,121 km²
Parishes and churches
22 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora dos RemédiosPicos · CathedralMass times recorded
- Imaculado Coração de MariaFrancisco SantosView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoBocainaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoIpiranga do PiauíView parish
- Nossa Senhora das MercêsJaícosView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaAcauãView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PatrocínioPio IXView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroCurral Novo do PiauíView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroFronteirasView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos HumildesPaulistanaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusItainópolisView parish
- Santa AnaMonsenhor HipólitoView parish
- Santa TeresinhaQueimada NovaView parish
- Santo AntônioPadre MarcosView parish
- Santo AntônioSanto Antônio de LisboaView parish
- Senhora Sant’AnaSanta Cruz do PiauíView parish
- São CristóvãoMarcolândiaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisPicosView parish
- São JoséBetânia do PiauíView parish
- São José OperárioPicosView parish
- São SebastiãoPatos do PiauíView parish
- São SimãoSão João da CanabravaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Plínio José Luz da Silva
- Born
- 18 October 1955
- Birthplace
- Pacoti
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Remédios stands in Picos, 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
Belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Picuensis) has its seat in the city of Picos.