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Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

Raymundian(us)

Latin-rite diocese in Piaui state, northeastern Brazil. Established 17 December 1960 as a territorial prelature from the Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piaui and elevated to a diocese 3 October 1981; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Teresina. Its cathedral is the Catedral Sao Raimundo in Sao Raimundo Nonato.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
17 December 1960
Latin
Raymundian(us)
Annuario code
001003001

The see in figures

Catholics
183,300
Population
202,600
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
90.5%
Priests
30
Catholics per priest
6,110
Extent
39,316 km²
Catholics per km²
4.7

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
Ronilton Souza de Araujo

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 Sao Raimundo stands in São Raimundo Nonato, 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 Teresina.

The sees of this province:

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

History

In northeastern Brazil's Piauí state, the Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Latin: Dioecesis Raymundianus) is a Latin suffragan see within the province of the metropolitan Teresina. The Catedral São Raimundo, in the city of São Raimundo Nonato, serves as its episcopal seat. Figures from 2010 record an area of 39,316 square kilometres, a total population of 193,000, a Catholic population of 174,000, 23 priests, and 42 religious.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Cúria Diocesana, Praça Comendador Piauilino 15, 64770-000 São Raimundo Nonato, PI, Brasil

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Sources

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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.