Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras

Diocese of Oeiras

Dioecesis Oeirensis
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória in 2014
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceTeresina
Statistics
Area15,096 km2 (5,829 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
139,000
124,000 (89.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established16 December 1944 (79 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEdilson Soares Nobre
Metropolitan ArchbishopJacinto 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.