Diocese of Barreiras, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Barreiras / Barrerien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Feira de Santana

Neighbouring Dioceses: Formosa (↙), Porto Nacional (←), Palmas (↖), Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (↑), Barra (↗), Bom Jesus da Lapa (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1979.05.21: Established as Diocese of Barreiras / Barrerien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Barra and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
2002.01.16: Became suffragan of Feira de Santana

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.10.21 – ...):

Bishop Moacir Silva Arantes (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Barreiras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Moacir Silva Arantes (56)
(2020.10.21 – ...)

Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil)

In simplicitate cordis

Born:	1969.06.03 (Itapecirica, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1999.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.13

Priest of Divinópolis (Brazil) (1999.08.14 – 2016.05.11)

Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia (2016.05.11 – 2020.10.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia (Brazil) (2016.05.11 – 2020.10.21)

Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil) (2020.10.21 – ...)

Bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (67) (later Archbishop)
(2010.12.15 – 2019.10.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)

Prædica Verbum

Born:	1959.01.02 (Salinas da Margarida, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1989.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.03.10

Priest of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1989.05.14 – 2005.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15)

Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil) (2010.12.15 – 2019.10.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (2014.05.20 – 2015.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (2019.10.09 – 2024.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (2024.03.13 – ...)

Bishop Ricardo José Weberberger, O.S.B.
(1979.05.21 – 2010.08.17)

Redemptor Hominis Jesus Christus

Born:	1939.09.05 (Leonfelde, Austria)
Ordained Priest:	1964.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.07.11
Died:	2010.08.17 (Linz, Austria † 70)

Bishop of Barreiras (Brazil) (1979.05.21 – 2010.08.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, Barreiras, Bahia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (28)

Formosa (↙), Porto Nacional (←), Palmas (↖), Bom Jesus do Gurguéia (↑), Barra (↗), Bom Jesus da Lapa (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 72,675 km²

Population: 379,000 Catholics (79.3% of 477,787 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 216 missions

Personnel: 28 priests (diocesan), 19 deacons, 23 religious (23 sisters), 7 seminarians