Archdiocese of Teresina
Teresian(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Teresina, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1902
- Latin
- Teresian(us)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora das Dores (Our Lady of Sorrows)
- Annuario code
- 001003202
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 958,197
- Population
- 1,052,564
- Catholic share
- 91.0%
- Priests
- 142
- Catholics per priest
- 6,748
- Extent
- 26,995 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 35
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
- Archbishop
- Juarez Sousa da Silva
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 Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Dores stands in Teresina, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
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
- Diocese of São Raimundo NonatoSão Raimundo Nonato
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Teresina in Brazil is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Teresiana.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].