Diocese of Balsas
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas is a diocese located in the city of Balsas in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.
History
- 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Antônio de Balsas from the Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão
- 26 October 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Balsas
Bishops
;Prelates of Santo Antônio de Balsas- Diego Parodi, M.C.C.I.
- Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I.
- Rino Carlesi, M.C.C.I.
- Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I.
- * Coadjutor bishop 1995–1998
- Enemésio Ângelo Lazzaris, F.D.P.
- Valentim Fagundes de Meneses, M.S.C.
- Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2004