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Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Cathedral
  
Catedral São José

Area
  
14,533 km²

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)650,000550,000 (84.6%)

Established
  
7 November 1978 (38 years ago)

Bishop
  
Czeslaw Stanula, C.Ss.R.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna (Latin: Dioecesis Itabunensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Bahia state, eastern Brazil.

Contents

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Itabuna.

Statistics

As per 2914, it pastorally served 608,000 Catholics (84.8% of 717,000 total) on 14,533 km² in 33 parishes and 85 missions with 42 priests (27 diocesan, 15 religious), 4 deacons, 48 lay religious (22 brothers, 26 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

History

  • Established on 7 November 1978 as Diocese of Itabuna, on territory split off from the Diocese of Ilhéus.
  • Lost territory on 1996.06.12 to establish the Diocese of Eunápolis.

    • Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman rite)

    Suffragan Bishops of Itabuna
  • Homero Leite Meira (7 November 1978 – 24 September 1980), next Bishop of Irecê (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – retired 1983.06.13), died 2014
  • Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, Carmelite Order (O.Carm.) (24 September 1980 – 20 July 1983); previously Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia (1968.02.03 – 1974.02.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1968.02.03 – 1974.02.05), then Bishop of Caetité (Brazil) (1974.02.05 – retired 1980.09.24); died 2002
  • Paulo Lopes de Faria (later Archbishop) (16 December 1983 – 2 August 1995); previously Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1980.11.07 – 1983.12.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1980.11.07 – 1983.12.16); later Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1995.08.02 – 1997.05.14), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (1997.05.14 – retired 2007.05.30); died 2009
  • Czesław Stanula, Redemptorists (C.Ss.R.) (born Poland) (27 August 1997 – retired 1 February 2017); previously Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (1989.06.17 – 1997.08.27)
  • Carlos Alberto dos Santos (1 February 2017 – ...), previously Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (2005.06.15 – 2017.02.01).

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna Wikipedia
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