Diocese of Balsas
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas (Latin: Dioecesis Balsensis) is a diocese located in the city of Balsas in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.
Country
Brazil
BrazilArea66,025 km2 (25,492 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
- (as of 2006)
- 237,944
- 172,710 (72.6%)
Diocese of Balsas Dioecesis Balsensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 66,025 km2 (25,492 sq mi) |
Population
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| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 20 December 1954 (71 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira |
History
- 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão[1]
- 26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas[2]
Bishops
- Prelates of Santo Antônio de Balsas
- Bishops of Balsas
- Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1981.10.25[2] – 1998.04.15)
- Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. (1998.04.15 – 2006.09.17)
- Coadjutor bishop 1995–1998
- Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. (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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2004
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