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(Redirected from Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas) Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Balsas
Dioecesis Balsensis
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area66,025 km (25,492 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
237,944
172,710 (72.6%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 December 1954 (70 years ago)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopValentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas (Latin: Dioecesis Balsensis) is a diocese located in the city of Balsas in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

History

  • 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão
  • 26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas

Bishops

Prelates of Santo Antônio de Balsas
  • Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I. (1959.05.09 – 1966)
  • Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1967.01.12 1981.10.25)
Bishops of Balsas
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

References

  1. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLVII. 1955. pp. 206–8. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1981. p. 737. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIX. 1967. pp. 359, 745. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

External links

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Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil


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