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Archdiocese of Teresina

Archidioecesis Teresiana



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 9 August 1952
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Piaui
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 26,272 (10,147 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 4
  • Official Web Site: https://arquidiocesedeteresina.org.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Av. Frei Serafim 3200, 64001-020 Teresina, PI, Brazil
  • Telephone: (086)2106-2150
  • Fax: 3232-2254

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Piaui
20 February 1902ErectedDiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Piauí) Diocese of Piaui (erected)
18 June 1920Territory LostDiocese of Piaui Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí (erected)
10 February 1922Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Piaui (from Belém do Pará)
16 December 1944Territory LostDiocese of Piaui (Parnaiba, Luiz Gorreia, Barros, Burity dos Lopes, Petro Secundo, Periperi, Piracuruca, BataTha, and Porto Alegre) Diocese of Parnaíba (erected)
16 December 1944Territory LostDiocese of Piaui (Oeiras, Jaicos, Patrocinio, Paulista, Picos, Floriano, Jerumenha, and Simplicio Mendes) Diocese of Oeiras (erected)
Diocese of Teresina
16 December 1944Name ChangedDiocese of Piaui Diocese of Teresina
Archdiocese of Teresina
9 August 1952ElevatedDiocese of Teresina Archdiocese of Teresina
12 June 1975Territory LostDiocese of Parnaíba (Barras, Porto, and Nossa Senhora dos Bemedios)
Archdiocese of Teresina (Alto Longa, Beneditinos, Altos, Campo Maior, Capitâo de Campos, Castelo do Piauí, São João da Serra, José de Freitas, Miguel Alves, and Sao Miguel do Tapuio)
Diocese of Campo Maior (erected)
3 April 1987Territory AddedDiocese of Campo Maior (Miguel Alves) Archdiocese of Teresina
27 February 2008Territory LostDiocese of Oeiras-Floriano (Bela Vista do Piauí, Cajazeiras do Piauí, Campinas do Piauí, Colônia do Piauí, Conceição do Canindé, Floresta do Piauí, Isaías Coêlho, Oeiras, Santa Rosa do Piauí, Santo Inácio do Piauí, São Francisco de Assis do Piauí, São João da Varjota, São Miguel...)
Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Paes Landim and Socorro do Piauí)
Archdiocese of Teresina (Arraial, Barra D'Alcantara, Francisco Ayres, and Várzea Grande do Piauí)
Diocese of Oeiras

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Teresina
194917320055614ap1951
Archdiocese of Teresina
1966550,000600,00091.7%30144412,50019ap1967
1968568,254.0%34154901811821ap1971
1976653,834667,04298.0%34185212,5732111129ap1977
1980549,000560,00098.0%30164611,934198624ap1981
1990754,000775,00097.3%34245813,0005611630ap1991
1999986,1081,183,32783.3%60268611,46614516447ap2000
2000986,1081,183,32783.3%59268511,60113016848ap2001
2001986,1081,052,56493.7%59298811,20513316851ap2002
2002957,8331,052,56491.0%61278810,88413116852ap2003
2003958,1971,052,56491.0%65248910,76622816853ap2004
20101,018,0001,195,00085.2%86321188,627193416959ap2011
20141,053,0001,237,00085.1%92221149,236324716563ap2015
20171,085,6251,195,48590.8%104221268,616435814465ap2018
20201,096,9001,207,87090.8%114241387,948528813667ap2021
20221,113,0001,226,00090.8%117291467,6237310014577ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Piaui
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 14, Page 331, to Page 334
  • Archdiocese of Teresina
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 168, to Page 170
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 600, and Page 601
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