Diocese of

Oeiras

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Oeiras / Œiren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Teresina

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1944.12.16: Established as Diocese of Oeiras / Œiren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Piaui and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)
1952.08.09: Became suffragan of Teresina
1974.10.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Picos
1977.12.08: Renamed as Diocese of Oeiras–Floriano / Œiren(sis)–Florianen(sis) (Latin)
2008.02.27: Renamed as Diocese of Oeiras / Œiren(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina and Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato and lost territory to establish Diocese of Floriano)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.01.11 – ...):

Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Oeiras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edilson Soares Nobre (59)
(2017.01.11 – ...)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil)

In omnes caritas

Born:	1965.05.09 (Touros, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.03.20

Priest of Natal (Brazil) (1991.04.06 – 2017.01.11)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil) (2017.01.11 – ...)

Bishop Juarez Sousa da Silva (63) (later Archbishop)
(2008.02.27 – 2016.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Ut vitam habeant / Para que tenham vida

Born:	1961.06.30 (Barras, PI, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1994.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.17

Priest of Campo Maior (Brazil) (1994.03.19 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil) (2008.02.27 – 2016.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (2016.01.06 – 2016.08.24)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (2016.08.24 – 2023.01.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (2023.01.04 – ...)

Bishops of Oeiras–Floriano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Augusto Alves da Rocha (91)
(2001.10.24 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop emeritus of Floriano (Brazil)

In fide fundati

Born:	1933.07.17 (Bertolinia, PI, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.23

Bishop of Picos (Brazil) (1975.05.23 – 2001.10.24)

Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) (2001.10.24 – 2008.02.27)

Bishop of Floriano (Brazil) (2008.02.27 – 2010.03.17)

Bishop Fernando Panico, M.S.C. (78)
(1993.06.02 – 2001.05.02)

Bishop emeritus of Crato (Brazil)

Born:	1946.01.01 (Tricase, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1971.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.08.14

Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) (1993.06.02 – 2001.05.02)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2001.05.02 – 2016.12.28)

Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M.
(1977.12.08 – 1991.12.31)

Born:	1918.11.07 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.10.11
Died:	1991.12.31 († 73)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1977.12.08)

Bishop of Oeiras–Floriano (Brazil) (1977.12.08 – 1991.12.31)

Bishops of Oeiras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M.
(1959.06.20 – 1977.12.08)

(see above)

Bishop Raimundo de Castro e Silva
(1954.11.17 – 1957.11.09)

Born:	1905.05.01 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.08.15
Died:	1991.08.02 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Eluza (1950.06.17 – 1954.11.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Teresina (Brazil) (1950.06.17 – 1954.11.17)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil) (1954.11.17 – 1957.11.09)

Titular Bishop of Uzalis (1957.11.09 – 1991.08.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1957.11.09 – 1991.08.02)

Bishop Francisco Expedito Lopes
(1948.08.30 – 1954.08.24)

Instaurare omnia in Christo

Born:	1914.07.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1938.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.12.12
Died:	1957.07.01 († 42)

Bishop of Oeiras (Brazil) (1948.08.30 – 1954.08.24)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1954.08.24 – 1957.07.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, Oeiras, Piauí

Churches by City (20)

Floriano (←), Caxias do Maranhão (↖), Teresina (↑), Picos (→), São Raimundo Nonato (↓)

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 15,096 km²

Population: 126,000 Catholics (89.4% of 141,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 25 priests (24 diocesan, 1 religious), 8 religious (1 brother, 7 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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