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Metropolitan see Teresina, Brazil

Archdiocese of Teresina

Teresian(us)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Dores, in Teresina, Brazil.

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Established
1902
Catholics
958,197
Priests
142
Territory
26,995 km²

Parishes and churches

67 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Juarez Sousa da Silva

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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.

History

The city of Teresina in Brazil is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Teresiana.

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