Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Caxias do Maranhão / Caxien(sis) in Maragnano (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Luís do Maranhão

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Medalha Milagrosa (November 27)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1939.07.22: Established as Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão / Caxien(sis) in Maragnano (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)
1954.12.20: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas
1968.06.22: Lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.20 – ...):

Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caxias do Maranhão (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte (61)
(2017.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1964.04.03 (Carutapera, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.18

Priest of Zé Doca (Brazil) (1991.11.30 – 2010.07.07)

Bishop of Viana (Brazil) (2010.07.07 – 2017.12.20)

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (2017.12.20 – ...)

Bishop Vilsom Basso, S.C.I. (65)
(2010.03.19 – 2017.04.19)

Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil)

Ecce venio Domine

Born:	1960.02.16 (Cinquentenário Tuparendi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.30

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (2010.03.19 – 2017.04.19)

Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil) (2017.04.19 – ...)

Bishop Luís D’Andrea, O.F.M. Conv.
(1987.10.29 – 2010.03.19)

Justiça e Paz

Born:	1934.02.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.06
Died:	2012.09.08 († 78)

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1987.10.29 – 2010.03.19)

Bishop Jorge Tobias de Freitas (89)
(1981.03.15 – 1986.11.07)

Bishop emeritus of Nazaré (Brazil)

Segregatus in Evangelium

Born:	1935.06.14 (Palmeira dos Índios, AL, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1965.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.06.14

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1981.03.15 – 1986.11.07)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1986.11.07 – 2006.07.26)

Bishop Luís Gonzaga da Cunha Marelim, C.M.
(1941.07.19 – 1981.02.18)

Born:	1904.04.17 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1927.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.09.07
Died:	1991.12.21 († 87)

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (1941.07.19 – 1981.02.18)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, O.F.M. Cap. (1957.01.18 – 1978.07.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Caxias, Maranhão

Churches by City (24)

Balsas (↙), Grajaú (←), Bacabal (←), Coroatá (↖), Brejo (↑), Teresina (→), Oeiras (↘), Floriano (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 34,449 km²

Population: 895,000 Catholics (96.7% of 926,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 135 missions

Personnel: 24 priests (diocesan), 31 deacons, 55 religious (15 brothers, 40 sisters), 18 seminarians