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Diocese of Floriano Dioecesis Florianensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Teresina |
Statistics | |
Area | 58,697 km2 (22,663 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 285,274 279,396 (97.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 27 February 2008 (16 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral São Pedro de Alcântaria |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edivalter Andrade |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho |
Bishops emeritus | Augusto Alves da Rocha |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floriano (Latin: Dioecesis Florianensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina, in northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Cathedral São Pedro de Alcântara, dedicated to Peter of Alcantara, in the city of Floriano, Piauí state.