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Roman Catholic Diocese of Barra

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Metropolitan
  
Feira de Santana

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
44,987 km²

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)280,000252,000 (90%)

Established
  
20 October 1913 (103 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Barra

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Feira de Santana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Barra (Latin: Dioecesis Barrensis) is a diocese located in the city of Barra in the Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.

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History

  • October 20, 1913: Established as Diocese of Barra from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Barra (Latin Rite)
  • Augusto Álvaro da Silva (1915.06.25 – 1924.12.17)
  • Adalberto Accioli Sobral (1927.04.22 – 1934.01.13)
  • Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena (1935.06.08 – 1942.01.03)
  • João Batista Muniz, C.Ss.R. (1942.08.24 – 1966.12.09)
  • Tiago Gerardo Cloin, C.Ss.R. (1966.12.09 – 1975.10.24)
  • Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. (1976.04.01 – 1983.05.30)
  • Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. (1983.12.29 – 1995.02.22)
  • Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. (1997.04.16 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Barra Wikipedia
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