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Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão

Caxien(sis) in Maragnano

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão in Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, erected in 1939 from the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão. Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte has led the see since his appointment in 2017.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
22 July 1939
Latin
Caxien(sis) in Maragnano
Patron
Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (Our Lady of Remedies)
Annuario code
001001084

The see in figures

Catholics
825,000
Population
926,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
89.1%
Priests
24
Catholics per priest
34,375
Extent
34,449 km²
Catholics per km²
24

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
Sebastião Lima Duarte

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

Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios stands in Caxias do Maranhão, 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 São Luís do Maranhão.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A suffragan Latin see under the Metropolitan of São Luís do Maranhão, the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão (Latin: Dioecesis Caxiensis in Maragnano) lies in northeastern Brazil. The city of Caxias (do Maranhão), in Maranhão state, holds its cathedral, the Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios.

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Sources

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.