Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato
Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil
The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato (Latin: Dioecesis Raymundianus) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Teresina, in northeastern Brazil's Piauí state.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São Raimundo, located in the city of São Raimundo Nonato.
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 Territorial Prelature 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.
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