Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina

*Archidioecesis Metropolitae Teresiana*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina; Archidioecesis Metropolitae Teresiana
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	26,995 km2 (10,423 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2003); 1,052,564; 958,197 (91.0%);
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 February 1902 (123 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Dores
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Juarez Sousa da Silva
Bishops emeritus	Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho
Website
	www.arquidiocesedeteresina.org.br

Last updated May 18, 2025

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina (Latin : Archidioecesis Teresiana) is an archdiocese located in the city of Teresina in Brazil.

History

20 February 1902: Established as Diocese of Piauí from the Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
16 December 1944: Renamed as Diocese of Teresina
9 August 1952: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina

Bishops

Bishops of Piauí

Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida (1905.12.14 – 1910.10.23)
Quintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e Silva (2013.02.17, did not take effect)
Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27), appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
Severino Vieira de Melo (1923.06.08 – 1944.12.16)

Bishops of Teresina

Severino Vieira de Melo (1944.12.16 – 1952.08.09)

Archbishops of Teresina

Severino Vieira de Melo (1952.08.09 – 1955.05.27)
Avelar Brandão Vilela (1955.11.05 – 1971.03.25), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Cardinal in 1973)
José Freire Falcão (1971.11.25 – 1984.02.15), appointed Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal (Cardinal in 1988)
Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho (1984.10.07 – 2001.02.21)
Celso José Pinto da Silva (2001.02.21 – 2008.09.03)
Sérgio da Rocha (2008.09.03 – 15 June 2011), appointed Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal (Cardinal in 2016)
Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho (22 February 2012 – 4 January 2023)^[1]
Juarez Sousa da Silva (4 January 2023^[1] – present)

Coadjutor bishops

- Sérgio da Rocha (2007-2008); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

- Raimundo de Castro e Silva (1950-1954), appointed Bishop of Oeiras
- José Gonzalez Alonso (1994-2001), appointed Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraíba

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

- Júlio César Souza de Jesus, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara in 2018

Suffragan dioceses

References

1 2 "Rinunce e nomine, 04.01.2023" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

Additional sources

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[Sousa-1] 1 2 "Rinunce e nomine, 04.01.2023" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.

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