Roman Catholic Diocese of Jequié
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Jequié Dioecesis Iequieana | |
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Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua in 2006 | |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Vitória da Conquista |
Statistics | |
Area | 18,771 km2 (7,248 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 580,000 500,000 (86.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 7 November 1978 (45 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos |
Metropolitan Archbishop | vacant |
Bishops emeritus | Cristiano Jakob Krapf |
Website | |
www.diocesedejequie.com.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jequié (Latin: Dioecesis Iequieana) is a diocese located in the city of Jequié in the ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.
History
- 7 November 1978: Established as Diocese of Jequié from the Diocese of Amargosa and Diocese of Vitória da Conquista
Bishops
- Bishops of Jequié (Roman rite)
- Cristiano Jakob Krapf (1978.11.07 – 2012.07.04)
- Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (2012.07.04 - 2010.07.10), appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Antônio Tourinho Neto, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco in 2014
- Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes, appointed Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe in 2017
References
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
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