Diocese of Caetité
| Diocese of Caetité | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista |
| Diocesan bishop | José Roberto Silva Carvalho |
| founding | 1913 |
| surface | 41,980 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 718.855 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 656,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 18,222 |
| Friars | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sant'Ana |
| Website | http://www.diocesedecaetite.org.br/ |
The diocese Caetité ( Latin Dioecesis Caëtitensis , Portuguese Diocese de Caetité ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Caetité in the state of Bahia .
history
The diocese Caetité was established on October 20, 1913 by Pope Pius X. with the Apostolic Constitution Maius animarum bonum from ceding territories of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On November 14, 1959, the diocese of Caetité gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Ruy Barbosa . Another cession took place on February 27, 1967 to found the diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora . The diocese of Caetité was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista as a suffragan on January 16, 2002 .
Bishops of Caetité
Cathedral of Sant'Ana in Caetité
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- Manoel Raymundo de Mello , 1914-1923
- Juvéncio de Brito , 1926–1945, then Bishop of Garanhuns
- José Terceiro de Sousa , 1948–1955
- José Pedro de Araújo Costa , 1957–1968, then coadjutor archbishop of Uberaba
- Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque OFM , 1970–1973, then Bishop of Feira de Santana
- Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira OCarm , 1974–1980, then Bishop of Itabuna
- Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende CSS , 1981–2002
- Guerrino Riccardo Brusati , 2002–2015, then Bishop of Janaúba
- José Roberto Silva Carvalho since October 26, 2016
See also
Web links
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