Diocese of Balsas
Balsen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Balsas, Brazil
The Diocese of Balsas is a Latin Church diocese in Maranhão, Brazil, established in 1954 as the Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas and raised to a diocese in 1981. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, led by Bishop Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1954
- Latin
- Balsen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony (Santo Antônio)
- Annuario code
- 001000802
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 172,710
- Population
- 237,944
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 72.6%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 7,509
- Extent
- 66,025 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.6
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Balsas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of São Luís do Maranhão
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BacabalBacabal
- Diocese of BrejoBrejo
- Diocese of CarolinaCarolina
- Diocese of Caxias do MaranhãoCaxias do Maranhão
- Diocese of GrajaúGrajaú
- Archdiocese of São Luís do MaranhãoSão Luís do Maranhão
- Diocese of VianaViana
- Diocese of Zé DocaZé Doca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Balsas (Latin: Dioecesis Balsensis) is seated in the Brazilian city of Balsas, within the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.