Diocese of Bonfim
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Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Bonfim Dioecesis Bonfimensis Diocese de Bonfim | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Feira de Santana |
| Metropolitan | Feira de Santana |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 34,600 km2 (13,400 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 24 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 6 April 1933 (92 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Zanoni Demettino Castro |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim (Latin: Dioecesis Bonfimensis) is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in northeastern Brazil.
Its episcopal cathedral is Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, dedicated to Our Lord, in the city of Salvador, Bahia state.
History
[edit ]- April 6, 1933: Established as Diocese of Bonfim, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
- It lost territory thrice : on 1959年11月14日 to establish the Diocese of Ruy Barbosa, on 1962年07月22日 to establish the Diocese of Juazeiro and on 1971年09月14日 to establish the Diocese of Paulo Afonso.
Statistics
[edit ]As per 2015, it pastorally served 525,000 Catholics (80.1% of 655,197 total) on 33,747 km2 in 25 parishes with 42 priests (22 diocesan, 20 religious), 68 lay religious (21 brothers, 47 sisters) and 15 seminarians .
Episcopal ordinaries
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- Suffragan Bishops of Bonfim
- Hugo Bressane de Araújo (1935年12月19日 – 1940年09月19日), next Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1940年09月19日 – 1951年09月03日), Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1951年09月03日 – 1954年10月07日) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1951年09月03日 – 1954年10月07日), finally Archbishop-Bishop of Diocese of Marilia (Brazil) (1954年10月07日 – retired 1975年04月23日), died 1988
- Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1941年03月29日 – 1948年05月15日); next last suffragan Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1948年05月15日 – 1958年04月19日), (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (1958年04月19日 – 1968年03月27日), retired as Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo (1968年03月27日 – 1971年03月16日), died 1974
- José Alves de Sà Trindade (1948年09月04日 – 1956年05月27日), next Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1956年05月27日 – retired 1988年06月01日), died 2005
- Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro (1957年03月07日 – death 1972年12月23日), previously Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina (1950年01月31日 – 1957年03月07日) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1950年01月31日 – 1957年03月07日)
- Jairo Rui Matos da Silva (1974年01月11日 – retired 2006年07月26日), died 2007
- Francisco Canindé Palhano (2006年07月26日 – 2018年01月03日), next Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil) (2018年01月03日 – ...)
- Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. (2019年09月15日 - ... )
Sources and References
[edit ]- GCatholic.org, data for all sections
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocesan official website (Portuguese)
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