Roman Catholic Diocese of Floriano

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Diocese of Floriano

Dioecesis Florianensis
Location
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Teresina
Statistics
Area58,697 km2 (22,663 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
285,274
279,396 (97.9%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established27 February 2008 (15 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São Pedro de Alcântaria
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Edivalter Andrade
Metropolitan Archbishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho
Bishops emeritus Augusto Alves da Rocha

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floriano (Latin : Dioecesis Florianensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil.

Contents

Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral São Pedro de Alcântara, dedicated to Peter of Alcantara, in the city of Floriano, Piauí state.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 162,100 Catholics (80.0% of 202,600 total) on 48,559 km² in 29 parishes and 3 missions with 29 priests (14 diocesan, 15 religious), 31 lay religious (15 brothers, 16 sisters) and 7 seminarians.

History

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Floriano

See also

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