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Diocese of

Bacabal

Brazil 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

Special Churches

Churches by City (20)

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.11.02 – ...):Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (68)Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bacabal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (68)Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (68)
(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 – ...)

Archbishop José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (77)Bishop José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (77) (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

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 18,073 km²

Population: 535,500 Catholics (97.2% of 550,937 total) (2020)

Statistics: 22 parishes, 4 missions, 48 priests (20 diocesan, 28 religious), 16 deacons, 60 lay religious (35 brothers, 25 sisters), 11 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.01

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