Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas

Diocese of Balsas

*Dioecesis Balsensis*
Diocese of Balsas; Dioecesis Balsensis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	São Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area	66,025 km2 (25,492 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 237,944; 172,710 (72.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	20 December 1954 (69 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas (Latin: Dioecesis Balsensis) is a diocese located in the city of Balsas in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

History

20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão^[1]
26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas^[2]

Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I. (1981.10.25^[2] – 1998.04.15)
Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. (1998.04.15 – 2006.09.17)
- Coadjutor bishop 1995–1998
Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P. (2007.12.12 – 2020.02.02)
Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C. (2020.07.29 – present)

Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2004

^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XLVII. 1955. pp. 206–8. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXIII. 1981. p. 737. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LIX. 1967. pp. 359, 745. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

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