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Diocese of Carolina

Dioecesis Carolinensis in Brasilia



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Bishop(s)

  • Francisco Lima Soares, Bishop
  • José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 16 October 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Maranhão
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 17,514 (6,764 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 5
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 15, Av. Getulio Vargas 23, 65980-000 Carolina, MA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (099)3531-3820

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Carolina
14 January 1958ErectedTerritorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú (Carolina, Amarante, Imperatriz, Montes Altos, Porto Franco, and Presidente Vargas) Territorial Prelature of Carolina (erected)
10 October 1969Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Carolina (Gandido Rodrigues, Taquaritinga, Santa Ernestina, and Dobrada)
Diocese of Rio Preto (Palmares, Ariranha, and Santa Adélia)
Diocese of Jaboticabal
Diocese of Carolina
16 October 1979ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Carolina Diocese of Carolina
27 June 1987Territory LostDiocese of Carolina (Imperatriz, Açailândia, Amarante do Maranhão, and João Lisboa) Diocese of Imperatriz (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Carolina
1966120,000150,00080.0%15158,00015256ap1967
197072,16081,75088.3%15154,81015147ap1971
1976270,000286,42394.3%1151616,875152714ap1977
Diocese of Carolina
1980235,000251,00093.6%4121614,687122816ap1981
1990107,200135,00079.4%45911,911576ap1991
1999120,980150,00080.7%72913,4421297ap2000
2000121,980152,00080.3%61717,42511128ap2001
2001115,000148,00077.7%71814,37511128ap2002
2002120,000148,00081.1%81913,33311128ap2003
2003116,000145,00080.0%81912,8881128ap2004
2004121,000150,00080.7%81913,4441118ap2005
2006136,000156,00087.2%1011112,363199ap2007
2013154,200171,40090.0%1321510,2802811ap2014
2016158,100175,80089.9%121213,175211ap2017
2019162,037183,00088.5%1411510,8022612ap2020
2021154,900197,30078.5%141411,0645212ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Carolina
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 615, to Page 617
  • Diocese of Carolina
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,504, and Page 1,505

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