The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna (Latin: Dioecesis Itabunensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Bahia state, eastern Brazil.
Diocese of Itabuna Dioecesis Itabunensis | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Salvador da Bahia |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 14,533 km2 (5,611 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 650,000 550,000 (84.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 7 November 1978 (45 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral São José |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Carlos Alberto dos Santos |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger |
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Itabuna.
Statistics edit
As per 2914, it pastorally served 608,000 Catholics (84.8% of 717,000 total) on 14,533 km² in 33 parishes and 85 missions with 42 priests (27 diocesan, 15 religious), 4 deacons, 48 lay religious (22 brothers, 26 sisters) and 5 seminarians.[1]
History edit
- Established on 7 November 1978 as Diocese of Itabuna, on territory split off from the Diocese of Ilhéus.
- Lost territory on 1996.06.12 to establish the Diocese of Eunápolis.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries edit
(all Roman rite)[1]
- Suffragan Bishops of Itabuna
- Homero Leite Meira (7 November 1978 – 24 September 1980), next Bishop of Irecê (Brazil) (24 September 1980 – retired 13 June 1983), died 2014
- Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) (24 September 1980 – 20 July 1983); previously Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia (3 February 1968 – 5 February 1974) as Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil) (3 February 1968 – 5 February 1974), then Bishop of Caetité (Brazil) (5 February 1974 – retired 24 September 1980); died 2002
- Paulo Lopes de Faria (later Archbishop) (16 December 1983 – 2 August 1995); previously Titular Bishop of Thelepte (7 November 1980 – 16 December 1983) as Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (7 November 1980 – 16 December 1983); later Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (2 August 1995 – 14 May 1997), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (14 May 1997 – retired 30 May 2007); died 2009
- Czesław Stanula, Redemptorists (C.Ss.R.) (born Poland) (27 August 1997 – retired 1 February 2017); previously Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (17 June 1989 – 27 August 1997); died 2020
- Carlos Alberto dos Santos (1 February 2017 – ...), previously Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (15 June 2005 – 1 February 2017).
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