Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Area: 26,272 km²
Population: 1,105,565 Catholics (90.8% of 1,217,400 total) (2020)
Statistics: 696 parishes, 31 missions, 147 priests (119 diocesan, 28 religious), 52 deacons, 228 lay religious (93 brothers, 135 sisters), 36 seminarians (2020)
Suffragan Sees: Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Campo Maior, Floriano, Oeiras, Parnaíba, Picos, São Raimundo Nonato
Neighbouring Dioceses: Caxias do Maranhão (←), Brejo (↑), Campo Maior (→), Crateús (↘), Picos (↘), Oeiras (↓)
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora das Dores (September 15)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 20 (2003)
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as of 2022.08.06
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