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Diocese of Campo Maior

Dioecesis Campi Maioris



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 June 1975
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Teresina
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Piaui
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 27,943 (10,792 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 4
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 31, Praca Bona Primo 428, 64280-000 Campo Maior, PI, Brazil
  • Telephone: (086)3252-1132

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 June 1975ErectedDiocese of Parnaíba (Barras, Porto, and Nossa Senhora dos Bemedios)
Archdiocese of Teresina (Alto Longa, Beneditinos, Altos, Campo Maior, Capitâo de Campos, Castelo do Piauí, São João da Serra, José de Freitas, Miguel Alves, and Sao Miguel do Tapuio)
Diocese of Campo Maior (erected)
3 April 1987Territory LostDiocese of Campo Maior (Miguel Alves) Archdiocese of Teresina

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1975279,454.0%7180109ap1977
1980278,000287,00096.9%81930,8881149ap1981
1990462,000477,00096.9%131335,5383019ap1991
1999499,000522,00095.6%323215,59314530ap2000
2000500,000520,00096.2%343414,70513931ap2001
2001295,000320,82092.0%292910,17213929ap2002
2002290,000321,22090.3%32329,06212728ap2003
2003290,000321,22090.3%31319,35412928ap2004
2004297,365321,22092.6%282810,62012928ap2005
2006304,234329,85692.2%35358,69212928ap2007
2013351,000370,00094.9%3313410,323112229ap2014
2016348,000366,58794.9%381398,923112132ap2017
2019316,954361,82087.6%451466,89042233ap2020
2021321,125366,58087.6%442466,98051733ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 305, and Page 306

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