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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Cathedral
  
Catedral São Sebastião

Area
  
11,021 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 690,436 493,179 (71.4%)

Established
  
20 October 1913 (103 years ago)

Bishop
  
Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus (Latin: Dioecesis Ilheosensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ilhéus in the Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.

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History

On 20 October 1913 Pope Pius X established the Diocese of Ilhéus from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It lost territory twice with the establishment of two other dioceses. In 1962 Pope John XXIII established the Diocese of Caravelas and in 1978 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Itabuna

Leadership

  • Bishops of Ilhéus (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. (1995.12.20 – present)
  • Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. (1971.01.14 – 1995.07.05)
  • Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1970.04.18 – 1971.01.14)
  • Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. (1958.04.16 – 1969.12.19)
  • Bishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1953.02.23 – 1957.07.19)
  • Bishop Benedito Zorzi (1946.08.03 – 1952.06.24)
  • Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco (1941.04.19 – 1946.02.07)
  • Bishop Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. (1931.01.30 – 1939.07.24)
  • Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1915.03.15 – 1929.04.02)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus Wikipedia