Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bom Jesus do Gurguéia / Boni Iesu a Gurgueia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Teresina

Neighbouring Dioceses: Palmas (←), Balsas (↖), Floriano (↑), São Raimundo Nonato (→), Barra (↘), Barreiras (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1920.06.18: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí / Boni Iesu de Piani (Latin) (from Diocese of Piaui and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1922.02.10: Became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão
1952.08.09: Became suffragan of Teresina
1960.12.17: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of São Raimundo Nonato
1981.10.03: Promoted as Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia / Boni Iesu a Gurgueia (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.01.15 – ...):

Bishop Marcos Antônio Tavoni (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcos Antônio Tavoni (58)
(2014.01.15 – ...)

Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil)

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Born:	1967.04.21 (São Carlos, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.01

Priest of Brasília (Brazil) (1996.11.30 – 2014.01.15)

Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil) (2014.01.15 – ...)

Bishop Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M.
(1989.03.01 – 2014.01.15)

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Born:	1937.08.31 (Sarría, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1960.04.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2018.04.28 (Teresina, PI, Brazil † 80)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1979.04.26 – 1989.03.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil) (1979.04.26 – 1989.03.01)

Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil) (1989.03.01 – 2014.01.15)

Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M.
(1981.10.03 – 1989.03.01)

Born:	1913.11.20 (Monforte de Lemos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1936.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.09.09
Died:	1998.05.30 († 84)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1956.07.08 – 1958.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Usula (1956.07.08 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1958.03.08 – 1981.10.03)

Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Brazil) (1981.10.03 – 1989.03.01)

Prelates of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M.
(1958.03.08 – 1981.10.03)

(see above)

Bishop Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M.
(1930.08.01 – 1958.03.08)

Born:	1874.12.28 (Sotovellanos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1897.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.08.31
Died:	1958.03.09 († 83)

Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1930.08.01 – 1958.03.08)

Titular Bishop of Trebenna (1930.08.01 – 1958.03.09)

Bishop Ramón Harrison Abello, O. de M.
(1926.11.14 – 1928)

Born:	1887.06.21 (Concepción, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1910.01.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.05.01
Died:	1949.08.09 († 62)

Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1926.11.14 – 1928)

Titular Bishop of Podalia (1926.11.14 – 1949.08.09)

Bishop Pedro Pascual Miguel y Martínez, O. de M.
(1924.12.18 – 1926.05.05)

Born:	1870.05.03 (Villaquirán de la Puebla, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1892.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.07.26
Died:	1926.05.05 († 56)

Titular Bishop of Agathopolis (1924.12.18 – 1926.05.05)

Bishop-Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1924.12.18 – 1926.05.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. (1956.07.08 – 1958.03.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. (1979.04.26 – 1989.03.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nossa Senhora das Mercês, Bom Jesus, Piauí
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (27)

Palmas (←), Balsas (↖), Floriano (↑), São Raimundo Nonato (→), Barra (↘), Barreiras (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 51,544 km²

Population: 150,000 Catholics (79.6% of 188,552 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 35 priests (30 diocesan, 5 religious), 10 deacons, 11 religious (5 brothers, 6 sisters), 5 seminarians