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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim

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Metropolitan
  
Feira de Santana

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
34,600 km²

Parishes
  
24

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 659,000 596,000 (90.4%)

Established
  
6 April 1933 (83 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Feira de Santana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim (Latin: Dioecesis Bonfimensis) is a diocese located in the city of Senhor do Bonfim, in the Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.

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History

  • April 6, 1933: Established as Diocese of Bonfim from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Bonfim (Latin Rite)
  • Hugo Bressane de Araújo (1935.12.19 – 1940.09.19)
  • Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. (1941.03.29 – 1948.05.15)
  • José Alves de Sà Trindade (1948.09.04 – 1956.05.27)
  • Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro (1957.03.07 – 1972.12.23)
  • Jairo Rui Matos da Silva (1974.01.11 – 2006.07.26)
  • Francisco Canindé Palhano (2006.07.26 – present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim Wikipedia
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