Roman Catholic Diocese of Caetité

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Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Phone +55 77 3454-1358		Cathedral Catedral Sant’Ana Area 41,740 km² Country Brazil

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)678,221618,351 (91.2%) Established 20 October 1913 (103 years ago) Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati Address R. Barão de Caetité, 22, Caetité - BA, 46600-000, Brazil Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caetité (Latin: Dioecesis Caëtitensis) is a diocese located in the city of Caetité in the Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.

History

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

Bishops of Caetité (Roman rite)

Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati (2002.11.13 – present)

Bishop Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. (1981.11.09 – 2002.11.13)

Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm. (1974.02.05 – 1980.09.24)

Bishop Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. (1970.03.17 – 1973.01.18)

Bishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa (later Archbishop) (1957.05.25 – 1968.12.28)

Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa (1948.02.13 – 1955.12.09)

Bishop Juvéncio de Brito (1926.12.23 – 1945.12.15)

Bishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello (1914.08.18 – 1923.07.30)

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