Diocese of

Ilhéus

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ilhéus / Ilheosen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint George (April 23), Nossa Senhora da Vitória (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 21 (1967)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1913.10.20: Established as Diocese of Ilhéus / Ilheosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1962.07.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caravelas
1978.11.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Itabuna

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.08.11 – ...):

Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ilhéus (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (66)
(2021.08.11 – ...)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil)

In ædificationem corporis Christi

Born:	1958.10.06 (Besana Brianza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1985.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.05.13

Titular Bishop of Accia (2012.03.21 – 2014.07.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2012.03.21 – 2014.07.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Estância (Brazil) (2013.09.25 – 2014.07.09)

Bishop of Estância (Brazil) (2014.07.09 – 2021.08.11)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (2021.08.11 – ...)

Bishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. (79)
(1995.12.20 – 2021.08.11)

Bishop emeritus of Ilhéus (Brazil)

Presidir é servir bem

Born:	1945.07.04 (Ouro Fino, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1971.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.02.24

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1995.12.20 – 2021.08.11)

Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M.
(1971.01.14 – 1995.07.05)

Que ele reine no meio de nós

Born:	1918.04.28 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1942.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.05.30
Died:	2003.02.14 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Thasbalta (1967.02.13 – 1971.01.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1967.02.13 – 1971.01.14)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1971.01.14 – 1995.07.05)

Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida
(1970.04.18 – 1971.01.14)

Born:	1927.12.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1952.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.06.21
Died:	2002.06.28 († 74)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1970.04.18 – 1971.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (1971.07.24 – 1980.07.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1971.07.24 – 1980.07.31)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1980.07.31 – 1982.03.11)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (1982.03.11 – 1996.10.02)

Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.
(1958.04.16 – 1969.12.19)

Born:	1916.10.26 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1940.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.08.10
Died:	2014.11.11 († 98)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1958.04.16 – 1969.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Tagarbala (1969.12.19 – 1970)

Bishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1953.02.23 – 1957.07.19)

In laudem gloriæ Dei

Born:	1910.10.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.05.24
Died:	2007.07.21 († 96)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1953.02.23 – 1957.07.19)

Titular Archbishop of Martyropolis (1957.07.19 – 1967.11.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1957.07.19 – 1967.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1967.11.15 – 1986.02.05)

Bishop Benedito Zorzi
(1946.08.03 – 1952.06.24)

Ut benedictionem possideatis

Born:	1908.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.11.30
Died:	1988.12.02 († 80)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1946.08.03 – 1952.06.24)

Bishop of Caxias (Brazil) (1952.06.24 – 1966.10.19)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1966.10.19 – 1983.05.26)

Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco
(1941.04.19 – 1946.02.07)

Born:	1892.07.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1915.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.07.06
Died:	1972.10.01 († 80)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1941.04.19 – 1946.02.07)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1946.02.07 – 1959.01.17)

Titular Bishop of Decoriana (1959.01.17 – 1972.10.01)

Bishop Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M.
(1931.01.30 – 1939.07.24)

Tudo se faça na caridade

Born:	1872.06.28 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1895.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.05.06
Died:	1939.07.24 († 67)

Titular Bishop of Hermopolis maior (1928.01.07 – 1931.01.30)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1928.01.07 – 1931.01.30)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1931.01.30 – 1939.07.24)

Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva
(1915.03.15 – 1929.04.02)

Omnia possum in eo qui me confortat

Born:	1873.04.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1896.11.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.07.18
Died:	1937.05.19 († 64)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1915.03.15 – 1929.04.02)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1929.04.02 – 1937.05.19)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Sebastião, Ilhéus, Bahia

Churches by City (41)

Itabuna (↙), Jequié (↖), Amargosa (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,021 km²

Population: 568,400 Catholics (71.9% of 790,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (56 diocesan, 2 religious), 13 deacons, 27 religious (2 brothers, 25 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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