The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato ( la, Dioecesis Raymundianus) is a Latin

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in the

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of the metropolitan

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, in northeastern Brazil's

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state. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral São Raimundo, located in the city of

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. In 2010, the diocese had an area of 39,316 square kilometres; a total population of 193,000; a Catholic population of 174,000; 23 priests; and 42 religious.

History

* Established on 17 December 1960 as Territorial Prelature of São Raimundo Nonato, on territory split off from the

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* Promoted on 3 October 1981 as Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato.

Ordinaries

;''Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of São Raimundo Nonato * Amadeu González Ferreiros,

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(O. de M.) (1961.12.23 – retired 1967.12.28), Titular Bishop of Metræ (1963.02.18 – death 1995.03.20) * Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (1969.12.05 – 1981.10.03 ''see below'', promoted as first bishop), Titular Bishop of

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(1969.12.05 – 1978.05.26) ;''Bishops of São Raimundo Nonato'' * Cândido Lorenzo González,

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(''see above'' 1981.10.03 – retired 2002.07.17) * Pedro Brito Guimarães (2002.07.17 – 2010.10.20), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Palmas (Brazil) (2010.10.20 – ...) * João Santos Cardoso (2011.12.14 - 2015.06.24), later Bishop of

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(Brazil) (2015.06.24 – ...) * Eduardo Zielski (March 2, 2016 – Present)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent bio links

Diocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Teresina Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1960 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub