Diocese of Oeiras
Oeiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oeiras, Brazil
The Diocese of Oeiras is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Piauí in northeastern Brazil, erected in 1944. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Teresina and is led by Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1944
- Latin
- Oeiren(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Victory
- Annuario code
- 001002445
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 124,000
- Population
- 139,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.2%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 4,960
- Extent
- 15,096 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.2
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória stands in Oeiras, 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 Teresina
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Teresina.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bom Jesus do GurguéiaBom Jesus do Gurguéia
- Diocese of Campo MaiorCampo Maior
- Diocese of FlorianoFloriano
- Diocese of ParnaíbaParnaíba
- Diocese of PicosPicos
- Diocese of São Raimundo NonatoSão Raimundo Nonato
- Archdiocese of TeresinaTeresina
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in northeastern Brazil, the Diocese of Oeiras (Latin: Dioecesis Oeirensis) has its episcopal seat at the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, dedicated to Our Lady of Victory, in the city of Oeiras in the Brazilian state of Piauí.
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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.