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Diocese of Teresina
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina is a Latin Church archdiocese in Piaui, Brazil. Erected as the Diocese of Piaui in 1902 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1952, it is the metropolitan see for seven suffragan dioceses.
- Archbishop
- Juarez Sousa da Silva
- Latin name
- Teresian(us)
- Established
- 1902 (archdiocese 1952)
- Cathedral
- Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Dores
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora das Dores (Our Lady of Sorrows)
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Teresina
- Catholics
- 958,197
- Chancery
- Cúria Metropolitana, Av. Frei Serafim 3200, 64001-020 Teresina, PI, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [086]2106-2150; fax 3232-2254
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão 66 km
- Diocese of Campo Maior 75 km
- Diocese of Brejo 157 km
- Coroatá 182 km
- Floriano 189 km
- Diocese of Oeiras 227 km
Parishes near the see
- Cristo Libertador · Teresina <1 km
- Cristo Rei · Teresina <1 km
- Imaculada Conceição · Teresina <1 km
- Menino Jesus de Praga · Teresina <1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida · Teresina <1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Glória · Teresina <1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001003202 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08