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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floriano (Latin: Dioecesis Florianensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil.
Diocese of Floriano Dioecesis Florianensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Teresina |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 58,697 km2 (22,663 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 285,274 279,396 (97.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 27 February 2008 (16 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral São Pedro de Alcântaria |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Edivalter Andrade |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho |
| Bishops emeritus | Augusto Alves da Rocha |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral São Pedro de Alcântara, dedicated to Peter of Alcantara, in the city of Floriano, Piauí state.
Statistics edit
As per 2014, it pastorally served 162,100 Catholics (80.0% of 202,600 total) on 48,559 km2 in 29 parishes and 3 missions with 29 priests (14 diocesan, 15 religious), 31 lay religious (15 brothers, 16 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
History edit
- 27 February 2008: Established as Diocese of Floriano, on territory split off from the Diocese of Oeiras–Floriano (with its incumbent transferred as first bishop).
Episcopal ordinaries edit
(all Roman rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Floriano
- Augusto Alves da Rocha (27 February 2008 - retired 17 March 2010), previously Bishop of Picos (Brazil) (1975.05.23 – 2001.10.24), Bishop of mother see Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) (2001.10.24 – 2008.02.27)
- Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos (17 March 2010 – 4 May 2016), next Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil) (2016.05.04 – ...)
- Edivalter Andrade (2017.03.29 – ...), no previous prelature.