Diocese of Bonfim
| Diocese of Bonfim | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Feira de Santana |
| Diocesan bishop | Hernaldo Pinto Farias SSS |
| founding | 1933 |
| surface | 33,655 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 648,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 519,823 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 80.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,289 |
| Friars | 21 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 48 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Senhor do Bonfim |
| Website | http://www.diocesedebonfim.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim ( lat. : Dioecesis Bonfimensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Senhor do Bonfim in the state of Bahia .
history
The diocese of Bonfim was on April 6, 1933 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad aptius christifidelium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese. On November 14, 1959, the Bonfim diocese gave parts of its territory to establish the Ruy Barbosa diocese . Another assignment of territory took place on September 14, 1971 to establish the diocese of Paulo Afonso . On January 16, 2002, the Bonfim diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana as a suffragan.
Bishops of Bonfim
- Hugo Bressane de Araújo , 1935–1940, then Bishop of Guaxupé
- Henrique Hector Golland Trindade OFM , 1941–1948, then Bishop of Botucatu
- José Alves de Sà Trindade , 1948–1956, then Bishop of Montes Claros
- Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro , 1957–1972
- Jairo Rui Matos da Silva , 1974-2006
- Francisco Canindé Palhano , 2006–2018, then Bishop of Petrolina
- Hernaldo Pinto Farias SSS , since 2019