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Diocese of Oeiras

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Bishop(s)

  • Edilson Soares Nobre, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 27 February 2008
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Teresina
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Piaui
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 15,096 (5,830 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 4
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedeoeiras.org/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. Prof. Rafael Farias 534, 64500-000 Oeiras, PI, Brasil
  • Telephone: (089)3462-1710

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Oeiras
16 December 1944ErectedDiocese of Piaui (Oeiras, Jaicos, Patrocinio, Paulista, Picos, Floriano, Jerumenha, and Simplicio Mendes) Diocese of Oeiras (erected)
9 August 1952Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Oeiras (from São Luís do Maranhão)
28 October 1974Territory LostDiocese of Oeiras (Picos, Itainopolis, Bocaina, S. José do Piani, S. Antonio de Lisboa, Jaicós, Simoes, Padre Marcos, Fronteiras, S. Juliäo, Ipiranga do Piauí, Dom Expedito Lopez, S. Cruz do Piauí, Paulistana, Pio Nono, Monsignor Hipólito, and Francisco Santos) Diocese of Picos (erected)
Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano
8 December 1977Name ChangedDiocese of Oeiras Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano
27 February 2008Territory LostDiocese of Oeiras-Floriano (Antônio Almeida, Baixa Grande do Ribeiro, Bertolínia, Canavieira, Colônia do Gurguéia, Elizeu Martins, Flores do Piauí, Floriano, Guadalupe, Itaueira, Jerumenha, Landri Sales, Manoel Emídio, Marcos Parente, Nazaré do Piauí, Pavussu, Porto Alegre do ...) Diocese of Floriano (erected)
Diocese of Oeiras
27 February 2008Name ChangedDiocese of Oeiras-Floriano (Bela Vista do Piauí, Cajazeiras do Piauí, Campinas do Piauí, Colônia do Piauí, Conceição do Canindé, Floresta do Piauí, Isaías Coêlho, Oeiras, Santa Rosa do Piauí, Santo Inácio do Piauí, São Francisco de Assis do Piauí, São João da Varjota, São Miguel...)
Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Paes Landim and Socorro do Piauí)
Archdiocese of Teresina (Arraial, Barra D'Alcantara, Francisco Ayres, and Várzea Grande do Piauí)
Diocese of Oeiras

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Oeiras
1950348,000350,00099.4%5569,60068ap1951
1965333,000337,46598.7%131325,615229ap1967
1968366,936369,43699.3%1451919,31262212ap1971
1976170,998171,000100.0%651115,545598ap1977
Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano
1980249,000265,00094.0%751220,75015169ap1981
1990279,000295,00094.6%1061617,43782510ap1991
1999315,000340,00092.6%1271916,57894010ap2000
2000315,000340,00092.6%1271916,57894010ap2001
2001315,000340,00092.6%1282015,75084211ap2002
2002279,396285,39697.9%2011319,0121114011ap2003
2003279,396285,27497.9%1613299,634133611ap2004
2004279,396285,27497.9%1614309,313143611ap2005
Diocese of Oeiras
2012123,000138,17789.0%221235,34711014ap2013
2013124,000139,00089.2%221235,39111320ap2014
2016127,000142,10089.4%301314,09611416ap2017
2019123,052137,90189.2%181196,47611016ap2020
2021124,000139,00089.2%221235,3911717ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Oeiras
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 37, Page 133, to Page 135
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 168, to Page 170
  • Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 61, and Page 62
  • Diocese of Oeiras
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 100, Page 585, to Page 587

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