Diocese of Grajaú
Graiahuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Grajaú, Brazil
The Diocese of Grajaú is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão. It was erected as a territorial prelature in 1922 and later became a diocese. Its current bishop, Dom Giuseppe Luigi Spiga, was installed in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1922
- Latin
- Graiahuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001512
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 307,000
- Population
- 384,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.9%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 8,079
- Extent
- 41,023 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.5
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
- Giuseppe Luigi Spiga
- Born
- 29 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Serramanna
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
Cathedral of Senhor do Bonfim stands in Grajaú, 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 BalsasBalsas
- Diocese of BrejoBrejo
- Diocese of CarolinaCarolina
- Diocese of Caxias do MaranhãoCaxias do Maranhão
- 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
Seated in the city of Grajaú, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Graiahuensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.
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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.