Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras
Diocese of Oeiras Dioecesis Oeirensis | |
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Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória in 2014 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Teresina |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 15,096 km2 (5,829 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 16 December 1944 (80 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Edilson Soares Nobre |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oeiras (Latin: Dioecesis Oeirensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Teresina in northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Vitória, dedicated to Our Lady of Victory, in the city of Oeiras in the Brazilian state of Piauí.