Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista

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Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
Basic data
Country Brazil
Diocesan bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva
Emeritus diocesan bishop Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu OFMCap
founding 1957
surface 25,089 km²
Parishes 31 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Residents 809.570 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics 608.207 (2017 / AP 2018 )
proportion of 75.1%
Diocesan priest 35 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious priest 13 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Catholics per priest 12,671
Permanent deacons 12 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Friars 14 (2017 / AP 2018 )
Religious sisters 39 (2017 / AP 2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Portuguese
cathedral Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
Website arquidioceseconquista.org
Suffragan dioceses Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
Diocese of Caetité
Diocese of Jequié

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista ( Latin Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Vitória da Conquista ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Vitória da Conquista in the state of Bahia .

Cathedral of
Nossa Senhora das Vitória

history

The Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista was founded on July 27, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Established as a diocese from the cession of the Diocese of Amargosa and subordinated to the Metropolitan Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia . The first bishop was Jackson Berenguer Prado . On January 16, 2002 Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese and metropolitan seat .

The suffragan dioceses Bom Jesus da Lapa (1962), Caetité (1913), Jequié (1978) and Livramento de Nossa Senhora (1967) are subordinate to the archbishopric .

It belongs to the Nordeste 3 region of the CNBB.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vitória da Conquista

Archbishops of Vitória da Conquista

See also

Web links

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