Diocese of Imperatriz, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Imperatriz / Imperatricis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Luís do Maranhão

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Teresa of Jesus (October 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1987.06.27: Established as Diocese of Imperatriz / Imperatricis (Latin) (from Diocese of Carolina and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.04.19 – ...):

Bishop Vilsom Basso, S.C.I. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Imperatriz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vilsom Basso, S.C.I. (64)
(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 Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (68) (later Archbishop)
(2005.08.03 – 2016.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil)

Venha o teu reino

Born:	1956.07.29 (Boim, PA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.28

Priest of Santarém (Brazil) (1985.07.27 – 2005.08.03)

Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil) (2005.08.03 – 2016.05.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2016.05.18 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2016.12.28 – 2021.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2021.06.02 – ...)

Bishop Affonso Felippe Gregory
(1987.07.16 – 2005.08.03)

A verdade vos libertará

Born:	1930.02.06 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.10.12
Died:	2008.08.06 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Drusiliana (1979.08.02 – 1987.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1979.08.02 – 1987.07.16)

Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil) (1987.07.16 – 2005.08.03)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1991 – 1999)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Fátima, Imperatriz, Maranhão

Churches by City (27)

Marabá (←), Bragança do Pará (↑), Zé Doca (↗), Viana (↗), Bacabal (↗), Grajaú (→), Carolina (↓), Tocantinópolis (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,958 km²

Population: 347,057 Catholics (59.4% of 584,545 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (37 diocesan, 16 religious), 1 deacon, 59 religious (16 brothers, 43 sisters), 8 seminarians