Diocese of Campo Maior, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Campo Maior / Campi Maioris (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Teresina

Neighbouring Dioceses: Teresina (←), Brejo (↖), Parnaíba (↑), Crateús (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anthony of Padua (June 13), Nossa Senhora de Fátima (May 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1975.06.12: Established as Diocese of Campo Maior / Campi Maioris (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina and Diocese of Parnaíba and became suffragan of Teresina)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.11.07 – ...):

Bishop Benedito Araújo (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Campo Maior (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benedito Araújo (62)
(2025.11.07 – ...)

Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1963.11.21 (Paço do Lumiar, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.06.04

Priest of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1991.11.17 – 2011.03.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (2011.03.23 – 2011.12.09)

Bishop of Guajará-Mirim (Brazil) (2011.12.09 – 2025.11.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil) (2015.04.22 – 2015.10.14)

Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil) (2025.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Francisco de Assis Gabriel dos Santos, C.SS.R. (58)
(2017.06.21 – 2025.04.09)

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil)

Spe gaudentes

Born:	1968.02.05 (Esperança, PB, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2000.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.08.26

Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil) (2017.06.21 – 2025.04.09)

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (2025.04.09 – ...)

Bishop Eduardo Zielski (79)
(2000.02.02 – 2016.03.02)

Bishop emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil)

Só a Misericordia

Born:	1947.02.12 (Brodnica, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1972.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.05.07

Priest of Pelplin (Poland) (1972.05.21 – 2000.02.02)

Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil) (2000.02.02 – 2016.03.02)

Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato (Brazil) (2016.03.02 – 2023.07.19)

Bishop Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M.
(1976.03.24 – 2000.02.02)

Tu nos pasce

Born:	1921.06.14 (Ríos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.09.24
Died:	2003.03.08 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Nicives (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bom Jesus do Piauí (Brazil) (1971.07.14 – 1976.03.24)

Bishop of Campo Maior (Brazil) (1976.03.24 – 2000.02.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Campo Maior, Piauí
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (32)

Teresina (←), Brejo (↖), Parnaíba (↑), Crateús (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 27,943 km²

Population: 321,000 Catholics (87.6% of 366,250 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes, 642 missions

Personnel: 45 priests (41 diocesan, 4 religious), 25 religious (7 brothers, 18 sisters), 15 seminarians