Diocese of

Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas / Taxen(sis)–Carabellen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13), Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (July 29)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (60)Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (60)
(2017.11.15 – 2025.02.25)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil)

Não vos angustieis

Born:1965.01.28 (Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1988.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:2018.01.13

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (2017.11.15 – 2025.02.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Itabuna (Brazil) (2024.10.30 – 2025.02.25)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (2025.02.25 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (69)Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (69)
(2005.06.15 – 2017.02.01)

Bishop emeritus of Itabuna (Brazil)

Per Mariam ad eucharistiam

Born:1955.10.02 (Tobias Barreto, SE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1983.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:2005.07.26

Priest of Aracaju (Brazil) (1983.05.21 – 2005.06.15)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (2005.06.15 – 2017.02.01)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (2017.02.01 – 2024.10.30)

Bishop Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap.
(1983.04.18 – 2005.06.15)

Ipse Nostra Pax

Born:1928.04.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1955.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1980.06.08
Died:2016.08.23 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Tela (1980.03.14 – 1983.04.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1980.03.14 – 1983.04.18)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (1983.04.18 – 2005.06.15)

Bishops of Caravelas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M.
(1963.05.02 – 1983.04.18)

Venite et videte

Born:1916.07.13 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1943.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:1963.07.25
Died:1990.03.26 († 73)

Bishop of Caravelas (Brazil) (1963.05.02 – 1983.04.18)

Special Churches

Churches by City (38)

Teófilo Otoni (←), Almenara (↖), Eunápolis (↑), São Mateus (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,574 km²

Population: 353,350 Catholics (79.0% of 447,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes

Personnel: 42 priests (diocesan), 25 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.03.25

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