Suffragan diocese São Raimundo Nonato, Brazil
Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato
Raymundian(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1960
- Catholics
- 183,300
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 39,316 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Ronilton Souza de Araujo
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The cathedral
Catedral Sao Raimundo stands in São Raimundo Nonato, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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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.