The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras ( la, Dioecesis Oeirensis) is a Latin

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in the

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in northeastern

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. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, dedicated to

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, in the city of Oeiras in the Brazilian state of

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Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 125,000 Catholics (89.2% of 140,200 total) on 15,096 km² in 20 parishes with 20 priests (19 diocesan, 1 religious), 17 lay religious (1 brother, 16 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

History

* Established on 16 December 1944 as Diocese of Oeiras, on territory split off from the Diocese of Piaui * Lost territory on 1974.10.28 to establish the Diocese of Picos * Renamed on 8 December 1977 as Diocese of Oeiras–Floriano * Renamed back 27 February 2008 as Diocese of Oeiras, having gained territory from its Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina and from Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato, but having lost territory to establish the

Diocese of Floriano The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floriano ( la, Dioecesis Florianensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina, Teresina, in northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedra ...

, to which see the incumbent transferred

Bishops

(all

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)

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Oeiras (first time)'' *

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(1948.08.30 – 1954.08.24), next Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1954.08.24 – death 1957.07.01) *

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(1954.11.17 – 1957.11.09), previously

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(1950.06.17 – 1954.11.17) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Brazil) (1950.06.17 – 1954.11.17); later Titular Bishop of

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(1957.11.09 – 1991.08.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1957.11.09 – 1991.08.02) * Edilberto Dinkelborg,

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(O.F.M.) (born Germany) (1959.06.20 – 1977.12.08 ''see below'') ;''Suffragan Bishops of Oeiras – Floriano'' * Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. (''see above'' 1977.12.08 – death 1991.12.31) *

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(M.S.C.) (born Italy) (1993.06.02 – 2001.05.02), next Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2001.05.02 – retired 2016.12.28) *

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(2001.10.24 – 2008.02.27); previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1975.05.23 – 2001.10.24); later Bishop of daughter see Floriano (Brazil) (2008.02.27 – 2010.03.17) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Oeiras (second time)'' * Juarez Sousa Da Silva (2008.02.27 – 6 January 2016), next

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(Brazil) (2016.01.06 – 2016.08.24), succeeding as Bishop of Parnaíba (2016.08.24 – ...) * Edilson Soares Nobre (11 January 2017 - ...)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Pedro Brito Guimarães, appointed Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui in 2002

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map & - satellite photo - data for all sections

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