Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Teresina, Diocese of

TERESINA, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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Piauí, Diocese of redirects here.

TERESINA, DIOCESE OF. - Suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão, in the State of Piauí, in Brazil.

It has an area of 53,000 sq km, with a population of 347,697 inhabitants, of whom 345,597 are Catholics. It has 14 parishes, with 23 diocesan priests and 4 religious priests. It has a minor seminary, one male religious community and 6 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1953, p. 420).

The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII with the bull Supremum Catholicum Ecclesiam, of 20 February 1901. At first it bore the name of Piauí, later changed to that of T. on 16 December 1944. It had the following bishops: Gioachino Antonio de Almeida, Ottaviano Pereira de Albuquerque. The current one is H. E. R. Msgr. Severino Vieira de Melo, with the auxiliary H. E. R. Msgr. Raimondo de Castro e Silva, titular bishop of Eluza.

Bibliography

BIBL.: O Brasil Catolico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, p. 438 ff.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Teresina, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 1997–1998. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/teresina-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Teresina, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1997–1998. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/teresina-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec11_teresina_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Teresina, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1997--1998},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/teresina-diocesi-di}
}

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