Diocese of Alagoinhas, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Alagoinhas / Alacunen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

Neighbouring Dioceses: Feira de Santana (←), Serrinha (↖), Paulo Afonso (↑), Estância (↗), Camaçari (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1974.10.28: Established as Diocese of Alagoinhas / Alacunen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.09.27 – ...):

Bishop Francisco de Oliveira Vidal (62)

Monsignors (4)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alagoinhas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco de Oliveira Vidal (62)
(2022.09.27 – ...)

Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil)

Sei em quem coloquei a minha fé

Born:	1964.04.28 (Rio Pomba, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.11.19

Priest of Governador Valadares (Brazil) (1988.05.01 – 2022.09.27)

Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (2022.09.27 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos (70)
(2002.04.24 – 2021.01.13)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil)

Por Cristo, com Cristo, em Cristo

Born:	1955.08.20 (Nova Soure, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.27

Priest of Barreiras (Brazil) (1985.05.18 – 2002.04.24)

Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – 2021.01.13)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (2021.01.13 – ...)

Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias
(1986.11.07 – 2002.04.24)

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Born:	1925.11.12 (São Bento do Una, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.09.11
Died:	2021.04.12 (Alagoinhas, BA, Brazil † 95)

Priest of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1957.08.25 – 1982.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Ausuccura (1982.07.14 – 1986.11.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1982.07.14 – 1986.11.07)

Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (1986.11.07 – 2002.04.24)

Archbishop Joseph Floribert Cornelis, O.S.B.
(1974.11.13 – 1986.05.24)

Born:	1910.10.06 (Gent, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1935.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.12.27
Died:	2001.12.20 (Brugge, Belgium † 91)

Titular Bishop of Tunes (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Capra (1967.04.13 – 1974.11.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (1974.11.13 – 1986.05.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Alagoinhas, Bahia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (38)

Feira de Santana (←), Serrinha (↖), Paulo Afonso (↑), Estância (↗), Camaçari (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,175 km²

Population: 690,000 Catholics (72.5% of 952,327 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 41 priests (diocesan), 83 religious (12 brothers, 71 sisters), 8 seminarians