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Diocese of Imperatriz

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of São Luís do Maranhão in northeastern Brazil.

History
• Established on 27 June 1987 as Diocese of Imperatriz, on territory split off from the Diocese of Carolina. == Statistics ==
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 414,000 Catholics (79.9% of 518,000 total) on 25,958 km2 in 27 parishes and 2 missions with 43 priests (29 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 65 lay religious (19 brothers, 46 sisters) and 7 seminarians . ==Bishops==
Bishops
(all Roman rite) Episcopal ordinaries ;Suffragan Bishops of ImperatrizAffonso Felippe Gregory (1987.07.16 – retired 2005.08.03), also President of Caritas Internationalis (1991 – 1999); died 2008; previously Titular Bishop of Drusiliana (1979.08.02 – 1987.07.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1979.08.02 – 1987.07.16) • Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira (2005.08.03 – 2017.04.19), also Coadjutor Bishop of Crato (Brazil) (2016.05.18 – 2016.12.28), succeeding as Bishop of Crato (2016.12.28 – ...) • Vilson Basso, Dehonians (S.C.I.) (2017.04.19 – ...), previously Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil) (2010.03.19 – 2017.04.19). Other priest of this diocese who became bishopsFrancisco Lima Soares, appointed Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão in 2018 == See also ==
Sources and external links
• GCatholic.org - data for all sections • Catholic Hierarchy
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