Diocese of Parnaíba, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Parnaíba / Parnaiben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Teresina

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora Mãe da Divina Graça (August 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1944.12.16: Established as Diocese of Parnaíba / Parnaiben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Piaui and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)
1952.08.09: Became suffragan of Teresina
1975.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Campo Maior

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.08 – ...):

Bishop Edivalter Andrade (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Parnaíba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edivalter Andrade (62)
(2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil)

Na ternura de Cristo

Born:	1962.04.17 (Barra de São Francisco, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1989.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.06.10

Priest of São Mateus (Brazil) (1989.10.08 – 2017.03.29)

Bishop of Floriano (Brazil) (2017.03.29 – 2023.11.08)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop Juarez Sousa da Silva (63) (later Archbishop)
(2016.08.24 – 2023.01.04)

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 – ...)

Bishop Alfredo Schäffler (84)
(2001.02.21 – 2016.08.24)

Bishop emeritus of Parnaíba (Brazil)

In fide fundati

Born:	1941.01.18 (Waidhofen, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.06.03

Priest of Picos (Brazil) (1968.06.16 – 2000.03.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (2000.03.15 – 2001.02.21)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (2001.02.21 – 2016.08.24)

Bishop Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo
(1986.03.25 – 2001.02.21)

In caritate Christi

Born:	1926.01.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1952.10.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.07.04
Died:	2013.08.10 († 87)

Bishop of Quixadá (Brazil) (1971.04.21 – 1986.03.25)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1986.03.25 – 2001.02.21)

Bishop Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. (97) (later Archbishop)
(1980.09.02 – 1985.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maceió (Brazil)

In fide et veritate

Born:	1927.05.25 (Recife, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.04.20

Titular Bishop of Zallata (1975.02.15 – 1980.09.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1975.02.15 – 1980.09.02)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1980.09.02 – 1985.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1985.10.24 – 2002.07.03)

Bishop Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório
(1959.06.20 – 1980.04.23)

Born:	1913.10.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1939.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.06.05
Died:	1981.03.31 († 67)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (1949.03.15 – 1959.06.20)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1980.04.23)

Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco
(1946.02.07 – 1959.01.17)

Omnibus omnia

Born:	1892.07.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1915.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.07.06
Died:	1972.10.01 († 80)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1941.04.19 – 1946.02.07)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1946.02.07 – 1959.01.17)

Titular Bishop of Decoriana (1959.01.17 – 1972.10.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Juarez Sousa da Silva (63) (later Archbishop) (2016.01.06 – 2016.08.24)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alfredo Schäffler (84) (2000.03.15 – 2001.02.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora Mãe da Divina Graça, Parnaíba, Piauí
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (42)

Brejo (↙), Tianguá (→), Crateús (↘), Campo Maior (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 20,839 km²

Population: 504,000 Catholics (84.8% of 594,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes

Personnel: 57 priests (44 diocesan, 13 religious), 35 deacons, 39 religious (13 brothers, 26 sisters), 17 seminarians