Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão
Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão Dioecesis Caxiensis in Maragnano | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 34,449 km2 (13,301 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 22 July 1939 (85 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remérios |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Sebastião Lima Duarte |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão (Latin: Dioecesis Caxiensis in Maragnano) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of São Luís do Maranhão in northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, dedicated to the Virgin of Los Remedios, in the city of Caxias (do Maranhão), in Maranhão state.