Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina

History

• 20 February 1902: Established as Diocese of Piaui from the Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
• 16 December 1944: Renamed as Diocese of Teresina
• 9 August 1952: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Teresina

  Bishops

• Bishops of Piaui
• * Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida
• * Bishop Quintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e Silva
• * Bishop Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque, appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
• * Bishop Severino Vieira de Melo
• Bishops of Teresina
• * Bishop Severino Vieira de Melo
• Archbishops of Teresina
• * Archbishop Severino Vieira de Melo
• * Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela, appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
• * Archbishop José Freire Falcão, appointed Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal
• * Archbishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho
• * Archbishop Celso José Pinto da Silva
• * Archbishop Sérgio da Rocha, appointed Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal
• * Archbishop Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho

  Coadjutor bishop

• *Sérgio da Rocha ; future Cardinal

  Auxiliary bishops

• *Raimundo de Castro e Silva, appointed Bishop of Oeiras
• *José Gonzalez Alonso, appointed Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• *Júlio César Souza de Jesus, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara in 2018

  Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia
• Diocese of Campo Maior
• Diocese of Floriano
• Diocese of Oeiras
• Diocese of Parnaíba
• Diocese of Picos
• Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato