Roman Catholic Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia

Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia

Dioecesis Boni Iesu a Gurgueia
Catedral de Nossa Senhora das Mercês in 2012
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceTeresina
Statistics
Area53,583 km2 (20,689 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 161,532
  • 143,832 (89.0%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established18 June 1920 (104 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de Nossa Senhora das Mercês
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopMarcos Antônio Tavoni
Metropolitan ArchbishopJacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (Latin: Dioecesis Boni Iesu a Gurgueia) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Catedral de Nossa Senhora das Mercês, located in the city of Bom Jesus, Piauí.

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