Diocese of Barra
| Diocese of Barra | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Feira de Santana |
| Diocesan bishop | Luís Flávio Cappio OFM |
| founding | 1913 |
| surface | 44,987 km² |
| Parishes | 11 (12/31/2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Residents | 280,000 (12/31/2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics | 252,000 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| proportion of | 90% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (31.12.2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 (31.12.2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,824 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (December 31, 2012 / AP2013 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Francisco das Chagas Cathedral |
The Diocese of Barra ( lat. : Dioecesis Barrensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Barra in the state of Bahia .
history
Pope Pius X. founded it on October 20, 1913 with the Apostolic Constitution Catholicae Ecclesiae from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- November 14, 1959 to the Diocese of Ruy Barbosa ;
- July 22, 1962 to the dioceses of Bom Jesus da Lapa and Juazeiro ;
- April 28, 1979 to the Diocese of Irecê ;
- May 21, 1979 to the Diocese of Barreiras .
On January 16, 2002 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana .
territory
The diocese of Crato includes the parishes of Barra, Brotas de Macaúbas, Buritirama, Gentio do Ouro, Ibotirama, Ipupiara, Itaguaçu da Bahia, Morpará, Muquém de São Francisco, Oliveira dos Brejinhos and Xique-Xique of the state of Bahia.
Bishops of Barra
- Augusto Álvaro da Silva (June 25, 1915 - December 17, 1924, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia )
- Adalberto Accioli Sobral (April 22, 1927 - January 13, 1934, then Bishop of Pesqueira )
- Rodolfo das Mercês de Oliveira Pena (June 8, 1935 - January 3, 1942, then Bishop of Valença )
- João Batista Muniz CSsR (August 24, 1942 - December 9, 1966)
- Tiago Gerardo Cloin CSsR (December 9, 1966 - October 24, 1975)
- Orlando Octacílio Dotti OFMCap (April 1, 1976 - May 30, 1983, then Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria )
- Itamar Navildo Vian OFMCap (December 29, 1983 - February 22, 1995, then Bishop of Feira de Santana )
- Luís Flávio Cappio OFM (since April 16, 1997)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Barra on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Barra on gcatholic.org (English)