Diocese of Bacabal, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bacabal / Bacabalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Luís do Maranhão

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1968.06.22: Established as Diocese of Bacabal / Bacabalen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)
2001.07.19: Lost territory to Diocese of Coroatá

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.11.02 – ...):

Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bacabal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (69)
(2006.11.02 – ...)

Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil)

Misericórdia eu quero

Born:	1954.12.16 (Madrid, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1979.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.01.05

Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (2006.11.02 – ...)

Bishop José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (78) (later Archbishop)
(1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Invisibilem Tamquam Videns / Como se visse o invisível

Born:	1945.08.04 (Carmópolis de Minas, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.02.19

Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2005.09.21 – 2021.06.02)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – 2019.05.15)

Bishop Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M.
(1989.12.02 – 1997.04.10)

Santificado seja Vosso Nome

Born:	1933.06.23 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.01.20
Died:	2011.07.19 († 78)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1988.12.07 – 1989.12.02)

Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1989.12.02 – 1997.04.10)

Bishop Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M.
(1968.07.24 – 1989.12.01)

Ide e ensinai

Born:	1915.01.26 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1942.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.09.12
Died:	2004.09.16 († 89)

Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1968.07.24 – 1989.12.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. (1988.12.07 – 1989.12.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Teresinha, Bacabal, Maranhão

Churches by City (20)

Imperatriz (↙), Grajaú (↙), Viana (↖), Coroatá (→), Caxias do Maranhão (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,073 km²

Population: 519,000 Catholics (96.6% of 537,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 44 priests (21 diocesan, 23 religious), 18 deacons, 52 religious (28 brothers, 24 sisters), 15 seminarians