Diocese of Oeiras Dioecesis Oeirensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Teresina |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,096 km2 (5,829 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 139,000 124,000 (89.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 16 December 1944 (79 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edilson Soares Nobre |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras (Latin: Dioecesis Oeirensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, dedicated to Our Lady of Victory, in the city of Oeiras in the Brazilian state of Piauí.