The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Maior ( la, Dioecesis Campi Maioris) is a Latin

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, in northeastern

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state. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral Santo Antônio, dedicated to Saint Anthony, in the city of

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History

* Established 12 June 1975 as Diocese of Campo Maior on territories split off from the Diocese of Parnaíba and its Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 354,000 Catholics (94.9% of 373,000 total) on 27,943 km² in 31 parishes and 419 missions with 35 priests (34 diocesan, 1 religious), 1 deacon, 23 lay religious (1 brother, 22 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Bishops

(all

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)

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Campo Maior'' *

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(O. de M.) (1976.03.24 – retired 2000.02.02), previously Auxiliary Bishop of the then

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(Brazil) (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24) &

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(1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24) * Eduardo Zielski (2000.02.02 – 2016.03.02), next Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui (2016.03.02 - present) * Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos,

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(C.SS.R.) (2017.06.21 – ...), no previous prelature. So far, the diocese has had no auxiliary bishop.

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Juarez Sousa Da Silva, appointed Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui in 2008

Sources and external links

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

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil

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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Teresina Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub