Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina (Latin: Dioecesis Carolinensis in Brasilia) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in northeastern Brazil's Maranhão state.

Diocese of Carolina

Dioecesis Carolinensis in Brasilia
Catedral São Pedro de Alcântara in 2011
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area18,252 km2 (7,047 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
150,000
121,000 (80.7%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 January 1958 (66 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São Pedro de Alcântara
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancisco Lima Soares
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Belisário da Silva, OFM
Bishops emeritusJosé Soares Filho, OFMCap

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São Pedro de Alcântara, dedicated to Saint Peter of Alcantara, in the city of Carolina, Maranhão.

History

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Statistics

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As per 2015, it pastorally served 158,100 Catholics (89.9% of 175,800 total) on 18,252 km² in 11 parishes and 1 mission with 12 priests (diocesan), 2 lay religious (2 sisters) and 4 seminarians.

Bishops

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(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

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Territorial Bishop-Prelates of Carolina
Suffragan Bishops of Carolina

Coadjutor bishop

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See also

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