The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal (Latin: Dioecesis Bacabalensis) is a diocese located in the city of Bacabal in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.
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History
22 June 1968: Established as Diocese of Bacabal from the Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
Bishops
Bishops of Bacabal (Latin Rite)
Pascàsio Rettler, O.F.M. (1968.07.24 – 1989.12.01)
Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. (1989.12.02 – 1997.04.10)
José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21), appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
Armando Martín Gutiérrez, F.A.M. (2006.11.02 – present)
Coadjutor bishop
Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. (1988–1989)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Jacinto Furtado de Brito Sobrinho, appointed Bishop of Crateús, Ceara in 1998