The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas ( la, Dioecesis Balsensis) is a

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located in the city of Balsas in the

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São Luís do Maranhão SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S. ...

in Brazil.

History

* 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the

Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

* 26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas

Bishops

;Prelates of Santo Antônio de Balsas *

Diego Parodi Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. E ...

, M.C.C.I. (1959.05.09 – 1966) *Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1967.01.12 1981.10.25) ;Bishops of Balsas *

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, M.C.C.I. (1981.10.25 – 1998.04.15) *

Gianfranco Masserdotti Gianfranco is a compound Italian given name, consisting of Gian- and Franco. ''Gian-'' comes from Giovanni and is used in compound names. It is closest to John or French Jean. Gianni means "God is gracious" and Franco means "Free man" or "Frenchman ...

, M.C.C.I. (1998.04.15 – 2006.09.17) ** Coadjutor bishop 1995–1998 *

Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris (12 December 1948 – 2 February 2020) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * R ...

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(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 Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2004

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1954 Balsas, Roman Catholic Diocese of Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub