Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Brejo

Dioecesis Breiensis

Location
Country|  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province| São Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area| 23,340 km2 (9,010 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2004)

* 448,000

* 410,000 (91.5%)

Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Established| 14 September 1971 (53 years ago)
Cathedral| Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| José Valdeci Santos Mendes
Metropolitan Archbishop| José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritus| Valter Carrijo, S.D.S.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo (Latin: Dioecesis Breiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Brejo in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

## History

[edit]

* 14 September 1971: Established as Diocese of Brejo from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

## Bishops

[edit]

* Bishops of Brejo (Latin Rite)
* Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. † (29 Nov 1971 - 25 Sep 1991) Retired
* Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. (25 Sep 1991 Succeeded - 5 May 2010) Retired
* José Valdeci Santos Mendes (5 May 2010 – present)

### Coadjutor bishop

[edit]

* Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. (1989-1991)

## References

[edit]

* GCatholic.org
* Catholic Hierarchy

3°41′00″S 42°45′05″W﻿ / ﻿3.6834°S 42.7513°W﻿ / -3.6834; -42.7513

* v
* t
* e

Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil

* Aparecida
* Aracaju
* Belo Horizonte
* Belém do Pará
* Botucatu
* Brasília
* Campinas
* Campo Grande
* Cascavel
* Chapecó
* Cuiabá
* Curitiba
* Diamantina
* Feira de Santana
* Florianópolis
* Fortaleza
* Goiânia
* Joinville
* Juiz de Fora
* Londrina
* Maceió
* Manaus
* Mariana
* Maringá
* Montes Claros
* Natal
* Niterói
* Olinda e Recife
* Palmas
* Paraíba
* Passo Fundo
* Pelotas
* Porto Alegre
* Porto Velho
* Pouso Alegre
* Ribeirão Preto
* Santa Maria
* Santarém
* São José do Rio Preto
* São Luís do Maranhão
* São Paulo
* São Salvador da Bahia
* São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
* Sorocaba
* Teresina
* Uberaba
* Vitória
* Vitória da Conquista

* São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Greek Catholic)

* Catholicism portal

This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Brazil is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template