Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora
| Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista |
| Diocesan bishop | Armando Bucciol |
| Vicar General | Pedro Olímpio dos Santos |
| founding | 1967 |
| surface | 23,660 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 340,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 282,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 82.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,261 |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 17 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Livramento |
The diocese Livramento de Nossa Senhora ( lat. : Dioecesis Liberationis Marianae ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Livramento de Nossa Senhora in the state of Bahia .
history
The diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora was founded on February 27, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. Erected from the cession of the diocese of Caetité and subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia as a suffragan . On January 15, 2002, the diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista as a suffragan.
Bishops of Livramento de Nossa Senhora
- Hélio Paschoal CSS , 1967-2004
- Armando Bucciol , since 2004