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Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
27,943 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Cathedral
  
Catedral Santo Antônio

Bishop
  
Vacant

Phone
  
+55 86 3252-1132

Founded
  
1975

Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 329,856 304,234 (92.2%)

Established
  
12 June 1975 (41 years ago)

Address
  
Rua Com Jacob Almendra - Cariri, Campo Maior - PI, 64280-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina

Similar
  
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior (Latin: Dioecesis Campi Maioris) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Teresina in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.

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Its cathedral see is located in the city of Campo Maior, Piauí.

History

  • Established 12 June 1975 as Diocese of Campo Maior on territories split off from the Diocese of Parnaíba and its Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina

    • Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman rite)

    Suffragan Bishops of Campo Maior
  • Bishop Abel Alonso Núñez, Mercederians (O. de M.) (1976.03.24 – retired 2000.02.02), previously Auxiliary Bishop of the then Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24) & Titular Bishop of Nicives (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24)
  • Bishop Eduardo Zielski (2000.02.02 – 2016.03.02)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior Wikipedia
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