Diocese of

Brejo

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Brejo / Breien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Luís do Maranhão

Neighbouring Dioceses: Coroatá (←), São Luís do Maranhão (↖), Parnaíba (↗), Campo Maior (↘), Teresina (↓), Caxias do Maranhão (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.09.14: Established as Diocese of Brejo / Breien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.05.05 – ...):

Bishop José Valdeci Santos Mendes (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Brejo (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Valdeci Santos Mendes (64)
(2010.05.05 – ...)

Bishop of Brejo (Brazil)

Bonus pastor animam suam dat pro ovibus

Born:	1961.09.12 (Coroatá, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.08.21

Priest of Coroatá (Brazil) (1994.12.11 – 2010.05.05)

Bishop of Brejo (Brazil) (2010.05.05 – ...)

Bishop Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. (92)
(1991.09.25 – 2010.05.05)

Bishop emeritus of Brejo (Brazil)

Veni ut vitam habeant

Born:	1934.01.22 (Uberlandia, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.04.15

Coadjutor Bishop of Brejo (Brazil) (1989.01.18 – 1991.09.25)

Bishop of Brejo (Brazil) (1991.09.25 – 2010.05.05)

Bishop Afonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S.
(1971.11.29 – 1991.09.25)

Born:	1916.08.28 (Limoeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.04.09
Died:	1994.08.31 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil † 78)

Bishop of Brejo (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1991.09.25)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Valter Carrijo, S.D.S. (92) (1989.01.18 – 1991.09.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Brejo, Maranhão

Churches by City (18)

Coroatá (←), São Luís do Maranhão (↖), Parnaíba (↗), Campo Maior (↘), Teresina (↓), Caxias do Maranhão (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,218 km²

Population: 503,862 Catholics (70.9% of 710,550 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 31 priests (24 diocesan, 7 religious), 36 religious (9 brothers, 27 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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