Roman Catholic Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato

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.

Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato Dioecesis Raymundianus
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Teresina
Statistics
Area	39,316 km2 (15,180 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 202,600 183,300 (90.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	17 December 1960 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral São Ramundo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ronilton Souza de Araújo
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho
Website
www.diocesedesaoraimundo.com.br

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.

Ordinaries

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of São Raimundo Nonato

• Amadeu González Ferreiros, Mercederians (O. de M.) (1961.12.23 – retired 1967.12.28), Titular Bishop of Metræ (1963.02.18 – death 1995.03.20)
• Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (1969.12.05 – 1981.10.03 see below, promoted as first bishop), Titular Bishop of Skradin (1969.12.05 – 1978.05.26)

Bishops of São Raimundo Nonato

• Cândido Lorenzo González, O. de M. (see above 1981.10.03 – retired 2002.07.17)
• Pedro Brito Guimarães (2002.07.17 – 2010.10.20), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Palmas (Brazil) (2010.10.20 – ...)
• João Santos Cardoso (2011.12.14 – 2015.06.24), later Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (2015.06.24 – ...)
• Eduardo Zielski (2016.03.02 – retired 2023.07.19)
• Ronilton Souza de Araújo (2023.07.19 – Present)

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent bio links
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2018-08-04 at the Wayback Machine