The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato () is a Latin

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in the

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of the metropolitan

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, in northeastern Brazil's

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state. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral São Raimundo, located in the city of

São Raimundo Nonato São Raimundo Nonato is a city located in the southern region of the state of the Piauí, Brazil, and is 576 km away from the capital, Teresina. It is known as the city where the administration (and part of) the Serra da Capivara National Par ...

. In 2010, the diocese had an area of 39,316 square kilometres; a total population of 193,000; a Catholic population of 174,000; 23 priests; and 42 religious.

History

* Established on 17 December 1960 as

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of São Raimundo Nonato, on territory split off from the Territorial Prelature of Bom Jesus do Piauí * Promoted on 3 October 1981 as Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato.

Ordinaries

;''Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of São Raimundo Nonato'' *

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(O. de M.) (1961.12.23 – retired 1967.12.28), Titular Bishop of Metræ (1963.02.18 – death 1995.03.20) * Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (1969.12.05 – 1981.10.03 ''see below'', promoted as first bishop), Titular Bishop of

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(1969.12.05 – 1978.05.26) ;''Bishops of São Raimundo Nonato'' * Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (''see above'' 1981.10.03 – retired 2002.07.17) * Pedro Brito Guimarães (2002.07.17 – 2010.10.20), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Palmas (Brazil) (2010.10.20 – ...) * João Santos Cardoso (2011.12.14 – 2015.06.24), later Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (2015.06.24 – ...) * Eduardo Zielski (2016.03.02 – retired 2023.07.19) * Ronilton Souza de Araújo (2023.07.19 – Present)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent bio links

Diocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1960 Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Teresina Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1960 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub