Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus

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Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Country Brazil		Cathedral Catedral São Sebastião Area 11,021 km²

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)690,436493,179 (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.

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

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)

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