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40-658: Teresina is the capital with the first best quality of life in the North-Northeast according to FIRJAN and the 4th in Brazil. It is among the 50 cities in the world with the highest murder rates, with 315 homicides in 2017. Its motto is the Latin phrase Omnia in Charitatis , which means, in English, "All for charity". The city is the birthplace of, among others, Torquato Neto , who belonged to

80-482: A cultural agent and polemical defender of the artistic avant-garde, including Tropicalia , Cinema Marginal, and Concretism. He was friends with several major figures of these movements, including the musicians mentioned above, the poets Décio Pignatari and Augusto and Haroldo de Campos , filmmaker Ivan Cardoso , and artist Hélio Oiticica . At this time, Neto came to be seen as a figure in Tropicalism, having written

120-463: A fast-growing sector due to the verticality of the city over the past 15 years. Teresina has a rail service ( Teresina Metro ) comprising nine different stations. There is also bus service through the city. Teresina/Senador Petrônio Portella Airport , opened in 1967, lies north of the capital, between the rivers Parnaíba and Poty. The Albertão Stadium holds 60,000 spectators, houses soccer, athletics and other games. A smaller stadium (6,000 places)

160-552: A maximum of 36 °C or 96.8 °F in October. The lowest ever recorded in Teresina was 11.9 °C or 53.4 °F in June, while the record hot temperature exceeds 40 °C or 104 °F (October and November). Annually, there are approximately 129.4 days in which the maximum daily temperature reaches or exeeds 35 °C (95 °F). These fluctuations are mitigated by the contribution of

200-519: A rare example of a married bishop in modern Roman Catholic history, he was survived by seven children. Since then, however, the Vatican has repeatedly expressed reservations about the ICAB's sacraments and does not recognize them; in 2012 Rome declared the ICAB schismatic and reaffirmed its negation of the ICAB's valid but "illicit" orders. There is no independently verifiable evidence of significant activity of

240-473: A series of hospitalizations for alcoholism and broke several friendships. Neto died by suicide the day after his 28th birthday, in 1972. This article about a Brazilian writer or poet is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church ( Portuguese : Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira , pronounced [iˈɡɾeʒɐ kaˈtɔlikaposˈtɔlikɐ bɾaziˈlejɾɐ] ; ICAB )

280-487: A small community of fishermen, in 1760, nearby Poty and Panaíba rivers, which grew into a village called "Vila do Poty", but, due to the inundation of the Parnaíba River riverbanks, the city had to be built in a higher position. In the 19th century, it was initially called Vila Nova do Poty , but later the city was renamed Teresina, in honor of Empress Teresa Cristina , the wife of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil. Teresina

320-406: Is an Independent Catholic Christian church established in 1945 by excommunicated Brazilian Catholic bishop Carlos Duarte Costa . The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church is the largest Independent Catholic church in Brazil, with 560,781 members as of 2010, and 26 dioceses as of 2021; internationally, it has an additional 6 dioceses and 6 provinces. It is governed by a president bishop and

360-693: Is maintained through the consecration of its bishops in an unbroken succession back to the apostles of Christ. All ICAB bishops trace their apostolic succession back to Duarte Costa , a former bishop of the Catholic Church. It is widely believed that the ICAB's consecrations follow the Roman Catholic Tridentine rite in a vernacular version of the Pontifical , but this is not certain: the ICAB's rites were altered on several occasions, and uniformity in practice has never been enforced anyway; furthermore,

400-458: Is perhaps best known as a lyricist for the Tropicália counterculture movement, which later expanded its influence to Música popular brasileira . He worked with Gal Costa , Gilberto Gil , Edu Lobo and Waly Salomão . He died by suicide at the age of 28. Neto was the son of a public prosecutor and a primary schoolteacher from Teresina, the capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Piauí. At

440-673: Is situated between the Parnaíba river and its tributary the Poti River. The two rivers join at the city's northern end, where there is an environmental park with gazebos. Teresina is the largest capital in the northeastern territorial extension, at 1,756 km. Located in a transition zone between the northeast and the Amazon (Mid-North), Teresina is surrounded by mata dos cocais, savannas and cerradões where many carnaúba, babaçu, buriti palms, jatobás, ipês, and many other medium-sized trees can be seen. In

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480-587: Is supposed to be. In ICAB’s defense, perhaps, it cannot be easy to hold breakaway groups in a communion, however loose a communion it may be – it is almost a direct contradiction in terms." Under Castillo Mendez, the ICAB created the Canadian Catholic Apostolic Church in 1988, ordaining Claude R. Baron as the first Canadian bishop. In 1997, Mendez agreed to intercommunion between the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church and

520-482: Is the Lindolfo Monteiro Stadium, opened in 1944. It was restored in 2008. Football teams Teresina include Flamengo-PI, River-PI, Tiradentes and Piauí-PI. Teresina has one rugby union club that is in Brazil's women's rugby top flight, Delta Rugby Clube. Torquato Neto Torquato Pereira de Araújo Neto (November 9, 1944 – November 10, 1972) was a Brazilian journalist, poet and songwriter. He

560-403: Is the hottest city in the country and the city with the third-highest incidence of lightning in the world. Nowadays, Teresina's economy is based on international manufacturing industries and trade. Sights include: Teresina is located on the east side of the Parnaíba river at the border with Maranhão state, at an altitude of about 72 meters. The city faces the city of Timon across the river and

600-660: Is the largest Pentecostal group, with 4.16% of the population, followed by the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God with 1.31% and the Christian Congregation in Brazil with 0.41%. There are 20 congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Teresina. In Teresina there are 634 health institutions, eight hospitals, 181 clinics and 170 clinics, employing some 15,000 people. English and Spanish are part of

640-702: The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church , the Eastern Orthodox Church , Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others) and 0.75% of other religions. Among the Protestant denominations in Teresina, the majority is Pentecostal , about 7.79%. Baptists constitute 2.62% of the population of the municipality, 0.86% Adventists , 0.12% are Presbyterians , 0.08% the other Protestant groups ( Lutherans , Congregationals and Methodists ) and 1.84% have no denomination. The Assemblies of God

680-578: The Catholic Church in Brazil and were tantamount to deception of the public. Ferraz left the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church in 1958. Ferraz reconciled with the Catholic Church in 1959 and his episcopal consecration was recognized as valid. However, Ferraz was excluded from church affairs such as the Roman Synod of 1960, even though he was present in Rome at the time, while the Vatican belatedly questioned

720-455: The Catholic Church in Brazil . The church acknowledges divorce as a reality of life and will marry divorced persons after an ecclesiastical process of investigation and baptize the children of divorced persons. In the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, papal infallibility and priestly celibacy are rejected. Clergy are also allowed to have secular employment and priestly confession is rejected. The church holds that apostolic succession

760-754: The International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church (ICCEC). The year 1997 also saw the ordination of the first 'ICAB succession' bishop in the United Kingdom , namely John Christopher Simmons of Ashford, Kent. Simmons (1945-2003) was part of a small house church which fronted a prolific and well-documented ring of pedophilia and child exploitation, brought to light in multiple highly-publicised cases involving Roger Gleaves and Frederick Gilbert Linale. Both Gleaves and Linale received lengthy sentences; Simmons stood in as head of

800-539: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo until May 12, 1963, when he was appointed titular bishop of Eleutherna by Pope John XXIII . Ferraz participated in all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council , and Pope Paul VI appointed him to serve on one of Vatican II's working commissions. Upon his death in 1969, Ferraz was buried with full honors accorded a bishop of the Catholic Church. Being

840-506: The Tropicalismo movement. Its cathedral , Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Dores, dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows , is the archiepiscopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina . Teresina was founded on August 16, 1852, under the name of Vila Nova do Poty (because its origin is linked to the Poti river) as the capital of the state of Piauí. It was the first planned city in

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880-475: The Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches in recent years, and it could be presumed to have terminated. According to Edward Jarvis, the "ICAB has had difficulty in maintaining the unity and continuity of its worldwide communion (...). [The] priorities of each branch do not always seem to be in harmony ... and it becomes difficult at times to see what the point of having an international communion

920-458: The Brazil and the only northeast capital located out of the coast. Until 1852, Oeiras was the capital of the Piauí Captaincy. However, due to difficulties in communication and trade, the capital was transferred to an area next to the Parnaíba River, to the other cities and to the sea coast. Colonization of the area where Teresina is now located dates back to the 18th century. The chosen place was

960-525: The Catholic Church. Later Costa was declared a vitandus — a person to be avoided by Catholics—and those Catholics who became adherents of the ICAB were excommunicated also. According to Peter Anson , Costa was excommunicated "for attacks against the papacy." In 1949, the Brazilian government temporarily suppressed all public worship by the ICAB, because its liturgy and its clerical attire would result in confusion by being indistinguishable from those of

1000-742: The Episcopal Council, followed by the Italian-born Luigi Mascolo during the 1970s. By 1982 Castillo Mendez was elected president of the Episcopal Council, and was designated as patriarch of the ICAB in 1988 and as patriarch of Iglesias Católicas Apostólicas Nacionales (ICAN), the international communion of similar churches in 1990. The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church accepts the Nicene and Apostles' creeds. It observes seven sacraments ( baptism , Eucharist , confirmation , penance , unction , matrimony and ordination ) in common with

1040-461: The Episcopal Council. Its current president of the Episcopal Council is Josivaldo Pereira de Oliveira . The church's administration is in Brasilia , Brazil . The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church is the mother church of an international communion called the Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches , though there is no evidence of any recent activity. Costa was an outspoken critic of

1080-459: The Tridentine rite in an unauthorized vernacular form would no longer be considered the Tridentine rite according to Catholic theology. The church cites the unique case of Ferraz as evidence that its apostolic succession is valid, even by Roman Catholic standards. Just over a month after the church's foundation, in 1945, Duarte Costa consecrated Ferraz as bishop. Around fifteen years later during

1120-680: The age of 16, he moved to Salvador , Bahia , to attend secondary school at the Colégio Nossa Senhora da Vitória, where he was a classmate of Gilberto Gil . While there, he also worked as an assistant on Glauber Rocha 's first feature film, Barravento . Neto became actively involved in the cultural scene in Salvador, where he met Caetano Veloso , Gal Costa , and Maria Bethânia . In 1962, he moved to Rio de Janeiro to study journalism at university but never graduated. He wrote columns on culture for several publications there. Torquato acted as

1160-443: The breviary " Tropicalismo para principiantes " ("Tropicalism for Beginners"), in which he argued for the necessity of creating a genuinely Brazilian "pop": "Accept completely all that the life of the tropics can give, without preconceptions of aesthetic order, without consideration of tackiness or bad taste, solely living the tropical and the new universe it contains, still unknown." Neto was also an important lyricist of iconic songs of

1200-498: The church in their absence. The British branch of ICAB still exists, though currently in no formal relationship with the ICAB, and it has changed name several times since Simmons' tenure. The current leader of this branch, now called the Catholic Church of England & Wales, is James Atkinson-Wake, also known as David Bell. In 2016, the former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Peter Slipper , previously

1240-476: The government and the Catholic Church , advocating policies that were regarded by the authorities as Communist . In 1944, the federal Brazilian government imprisoned him, but later freed him under political pressure from the United States and Great Britain . In June 1945, Costa established the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB). Costa's act of schism resulted in his automatic excommunication from

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1280-564: The legitimacy of having recognized his status. Shortly thereafter, in 1961, Costa died and the ICAB underwent several years of tumult as dissensions, schisms, and multiple claimants to the patriarchal throne threw the church into disarray. After this period, the church found stability and growth under Mendez, Costa's successor. Some sources seem to indicate that Mendez assumed leadership of the ICAB upon Costa's death in 1961. Bishop Antidio Jose Vargas initially stepped in as general supervisor, followed by Pedro dos Santos Silva as first president of

1320-464: The official high school curriculum, in addition to the official national language, Portuguese. The Gross Domestic Product of Teresina represents about 40% of GDP in the state of Piauí. In industry, there is the textile and garment industry, which exports to other regions and generates about ten thousand jobs. There are also manufacturers bicycles, drink industries, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, furniture and ceramics, among others. The building deserves to be

1360-547: The pontificate of Pope John XXIII, Ferraz was reconciled with the Roman Catholic Church and was eventually recognized as a bishop, even though he was married at the time. Ferraz was not ordained or consecrated again, even conditionally; however he was initially held at arm's length by the Vatican while they examined his case, somewhat belatedly, and mooted the possibility of an affidavit to affirm that Ferraz, aged 80, and his Italian wife were chaste. He did pastoral work in

1400-459: The rains in the city are their speed and intensity, with strong winds, large force of water and very common lightning. The annual rainfall stands at around 1,325 millimetres or 52 inches. The highest recorded daily precipitation was 125 millimetres (5 in). Hot most of the year, Teresina has an average temperature around 27 °C or 80.6 °F, with a minimum of 20 °C or 68 °F in July and

1440-593: The rains, the weather is hot and wet (likely to occur when there is fog in the morning), while from June to August the climate gets dry with relatively milder nights; in September to December the weather becomes hotter and humid decreases, with the gradual return of rainy conditions from October. This period is referred to as "Bro" by locals as the hottest months end with -bro in Portuguese: setembro , outubro , novembro , and dezembro . A peculiar feature of

1480-654: The regime of Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas (1930–1945) and of the Vatican 's alleged relationship with fascist regimes. He also publicly criticized the dogma of papal infallibility and Catholic doctrines on divorce and clerical celibacy . As a result of his outspoken views, Duarte Costa resigned from his office of bishop of Botucatu in 1937 and was appointed to a titular see . In 1940, Cardinal Sebastião da Silveira Cintra , archbishop of Rio de Janeiro , permitted Costa, as titular bishop of Maura, to co-consecrate Bishop Eliseu Maria Coroli . Costa continued to criticize

1520-430: The region there are also remnants of Teresina Atlantic Forest, which makes the landscape shrub coverage very rich and dense. Teresina has a tropical wet and dry climate ( Köppen climate classification : Aw ) with semi-humid characteristics and two seasons: the rainy season (which occurs in summer and autumn of the southern hemisphere ) and the dry season (which occurs in winter and spring). From January to May, due to

1560-524: The tropicalist movement. At the end of the 1960s, after the exile of his friends Gil and Caetano under the military dictatorship, he traveled to Europe and the United States with his wife Ana Maria and lived in London for a brief period. On returning to Brazil in the early 1970s, Neto began to isolate himself, feeling alienated by both the military regime and the "ideological patrols" of the left. He went through

1600-482: The winds. Air quality is considered good in Teresina, except in the driest period, when the relative humidity drops, and there are occurrences of fires. According to the 2022 census, there was 866,300 people living in Teresina. Religion in Teresina (2010) In 2010, 78.94% of the municipality's population was Roman Catholic, 13.34% were evangelicals, 4.49% had no religion, 0.89% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.85% were spiritists, 0.74% others Christian religiosities (which include

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