Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato
Raymundian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São Raimundo Nonato, Brazil
Latin-rite diocese in Piaui state, northeastern Brazil. Established 17 December 1960 as a territorial prelature from the Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piaui and elevated to a diocese 3 October 1981; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Teresina. Its cathedral is the Catedral Sao Raimundo in Sao Raimundo Nonato.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1960
- Latin
- Raymundian(us)
- Annuario code
- 001003001
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 183,300
- Population
- 202,600
- Catholic share
- 90.5%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 6,110
- Extent
- 39,316 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.7
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
- Ronilton Souza de Araujo
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 Sao Raimundo stands in São Raimundo Nonato, 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 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 ParnaíbaParnaíba
- Diocese of PicosPicos
- Archdiocese of TeresinaTeresina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In northeastern Brazil's Piauí state, the Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Latin: Dioecesis Raymundianus) is a Latin suffragan see within the province of the metropolitan Teresina. The Catedral São Raimundo, in the city of São Raimundo Nonato, serves as its episcopal seat. Figures from 2010 record an area of 39,316 square kilometres, a total population of 193,000, a Catholic population of 174,000, 23 priests, and 42 religious.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Praça Comendador Piauilino 15, 64770-000 São Raimundo Nonato, PI, Brasil
- Telephone
- [089]3582-3632
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].