The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina () is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

located in the city of

Teresina Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. Being located in north-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of th ...

in Brazil.

History

* 20 February 1902: Established as Diocese of Piauí from the

Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

* 16 December 1944: Renamed as Diocese of Teresina * 9 August 1952: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina

Bishops

; Bishops of Piauí * Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida (1905.12.14 – 1910.10.23) *

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(2013.02.17, did not take effect) * Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27), appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão * Severino Vieira de Melo (1923.06.08 – 1944.12.16) ; Bishops of Teresina * Severino Vieira de Melo (1944.12.16 – 1952.08.09) ; Archbishops of Teresina * Severino Vieira de Melo (1952.08.09 – 1955.05.27) *

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(1955.11.05 – 1971.03.25), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Cardinal in 1973) * José Freire Falcão (1971.11.25 – 1984.02.15), appointed Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal (Cardinal in 1988) *

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(1984.10.07 – 2001.02.21) *

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(2001.02.21 – 2008.09.03) *

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(2008.09.03 – 15 June 2011), appointed Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal (Cardinal in 2016) *

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(22 February 2012 – 4 January 2023) * Juarez Sousa da Silva (4 January 2023 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

(2007-2008); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

Raimundo de Castro e Silva The name Raimundo may refer to: * Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (1907–1986) * Raimundo Calcagno, Spanish screenwriter * Raimundo Rolón, brief President of Paraguay * Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian footballer * Raimundo Diosdado Caballero, Ca ...

(1950-1954), appointed Bishop of Oeiras ** José Gonzalez Alonso (1994-2001), appointed Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraíba

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

** Júlio César Souza de Jesus, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara in 2018

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia * Diocese of Campo Maior * Diocese of Floriano * Diocese of Oeiras * Diocese of Parnaíba * Diocese of Picos * Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

References

; Additional sources
GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1902 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub