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Diocese of Pinheiro
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First established as the Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro in 1939, it was promoted to a diocese on October 16, 1979. Located in Maranhao and suffragan to Sao Luis do Maranhao, it is led by Bishop Elio Rama of the Consolata Missionaries.
- Bishop
- Elio Rama
- Latin name
- Pineren(sis)
- Erected
- 22 July 1939 (origins 1979)
- Cathedral
- Catedral Santo Inacio de Loiola
- Patron
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Sao Luis do Maranhao (Archdiocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao)
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Av. Presidente Eurico Dutra 386 A, 65200-000 Pinheiro, MA, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [098]98412-4925
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Viana 77 km
- Diocese of Zé Doca 106 km
- Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão 148 km
- Diocese of Bacabal 194 km
- Coroatá 207 km
- Diocese of Brejo 289 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição · Pinheiro <1 km
- São Benedito · Pinheiro <1 km
- São José · Pinheiro <1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição · Pinheiro <1 km
- Santo Antônio de Lisboa · Palmeirândia 25 km
- São Sebastião · Peri Mirim 26 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002605 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08