Diocese of

Bonfim

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bonfim / Bonfimen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Feira de Santana

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1933.04.06: Established as Diocese of Bonfim / Bonfimen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1959.11.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ruy Barbosa
1962.07.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Juazeiro
1971.09.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Paulo Afonso
2002.01.16: Became suffragan of Feira de Santana

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.07.17 – ...):

Bishop Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bonfim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. (60)
(2019.07.17 – ...)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil)

Born:	1964.06.24 (Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.09.15

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (2019.07.17 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Canindé Palhano (76)
(2006.07.26 – 2018.01.03)

Bishop emeritus of Petrolina (Brazil)

Oportet illum regnare

Born:	1949.01.01 (São José de Mipibu, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1975.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.10.21

Priest of Natal (Brazil) (1975.02.02 – 2006.07.26)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (2006.07.26 – 2018.01.03)

Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil) (2018.01.03 – 2024.04.24)

Bishop Jairo Rui Matos da Silva
(1974.01.11 – 2006.07.26)

Born:	1929.07.03 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.05.05
Died:	2007.01.12 († 77)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1974.01.11 – 2006.07.26)

Bishop Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro
(1957.03.07 – 1972.12.23)

Born:	1907.11.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1931.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.04.16
Died:	1972.12.23 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina (1950.01.31 – 1957.03.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1950.01.31 – 1957.03.07)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1957.03.07 – 1972.12.23)

Bishop José Alves de Sà Trindade
(1948.09.04 – 1956.05.27)

Born:	1912.10.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.11.21
Died:	2005.03.08 († 92)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1948.09.04 – 1956.05.27)

Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1956.05.27 – 1988.06.01)

Bishop Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1941.03.29 – 1948.05.15)

Born:	1897.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1926.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.06.08
Died:	1974.11.06 († 77)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1941.03.29 – 1948.05.15)

Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1948.05.15 – 1958.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1968.03.27)

Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo (1968.03.27 – 1971.03.16)

Bishop Hugo Bressane de Araújo (later Archbishop)
(1935.12.19 – 1940.09.19)

Born:	1899.09.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1923.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.16
Died:	1988.06.09 († 88)

Bishop of Bonfim (Brazil) (1935.12.19 – 1940.09.19)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1940.09.19 – 1951.09.03)

Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07)

Archbishop-Bishop of Marília (Brazil) (1954.10.07 – 1975.04.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia

Churches by City (26)

Irecê (←), Juazeiro (↑), Paulo Afonso (↗), Serrinha (↘), Ruy Barbosa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 33,747 km²

Population: 521,000 Catholics (70.4% of 740,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 34 priests (25 diocesan, 9 religious), 72 religious (9 brothers, 63 sisters), 10 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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