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.
Diocese of Balsas Dioecesis Balsensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 66,025 km2 (25,492 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 237,944 172,710 (72.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 December 1954 (69 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. |
History edit
- 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão[1]
- 26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas[2]
Bishops edit
- 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[3] 1981.10.25)[2]
- Bishops of Balsas
- Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1981.10.25[2] – 1998.04.15)
- Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. (1998.04.15 – 2006.09.17)
- Coadjutor bishop 1995–1998
- Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. (2007.12.12 – 2020.02.02)
- Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. (2020.07.29 – present)
- Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2004
References edit
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLVII. 1955. pp. 206–8. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1981. p. 737. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIX. 1967. pp. 359, 745. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
External links edit
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