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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
15,867 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+55 99 3621-2952

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)502,000461,000 (91.8%)

Established
  
22 June 1968 (48 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Santa Terezinha

Bishop
  
Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M.

Address
  
R. Viriato Corrêa, Bacabal - MA, 65700-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal (Latin: Dioecesis Bacabalensis) is a diocese located in the city of Bacabal in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

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History

  • 22 June 1968: Established as Diocese of Bacabal from the Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Bacabal (Latin Rite)
  • Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. (1968.07.24 – 1989.12.01)
  • Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. (1989.12.02 – 1997.04.10)
  • José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)
  • Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (2006.11.02 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal Wikipedia
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