The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro ( la, Dioecesis Pinerensis) is a

diocese 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 associ ...

located in the city of Pinheiro in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of sev ...

of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

History

* 22 July 1939: Established as Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro from the

Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão * 16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Pinheiro

Bishops

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Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcellos Motta Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (16 July 1890 – 18 September 1982) was a long-serving cardinal. Until Eugênio de Araújo Sales surpassed him in 2005, he was the longest-serving Brazilian cardinal, and during his cardinalate the Church in Br ...

† (1940 - 1944) Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão *Prelates of Pinheiro (Roman Rite) **José Maria Lemerder † (1944 - 1946) Died **Alfonso Maria Ungarelli,

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† (13 Nov 1948 - 1 Mar 1975) Retired **

Carmelo Cassati Carmelo Cassati (6 April 1924 – 3 February 2017) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. Cassati was born in Tricase ordained a priest on 17 December 1949 from the religious order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. In 1950, he was ...

, M.S.C. (17 Jun 1975 - 12 Feb 1979) Appointed, Bishop of Tricarico **Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (3 Jul 1979 - 16 Oct 1979) Appointed Bishop here *

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

s of Pinheiro (Roman rite) **Ricardo Pedro Paglia, M.S.C. (16 Oct 1979 – 17 Oct 2012) Retired **Elio Rama, I.M.C. (17 Oct 2012–present)

Auxiliary bishops

Guido Maria Casullo Guido Maria Casullo (May 27, 1909–January 10, 2004) was a Catholic prelate who was a bishop in both Italy and Brazil. Biography Guido Maria Casullo was born on May 27, 1909, in Monteleone di Puglia, then a municipality in the Province of Av ...

(1963-1965), appointed Prelate of Cândido Mendes, Maranhão *

, M.S.C. (1970-1975), appointed Prelate here

References

GCatholic.org

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