Diocese of

Itabuna

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Itabuna / Itabunen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph (March 19)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.10.30 – ...):Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (59)Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (59)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itabuna (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (59)Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.10.30 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (69)Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (69)
(2017.02.01 – 2024.10.30)

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 Czesław Stanula, C.SS.R.
(1997.08.27 – 2017.02.01)

Vox Clamantis in Deserto

Born:1940.03.27 (Szerzyny, Poland)
Ordained Priest:1964.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1989.11.05
Died:2020.05.14 (Salvador, BA, Brazil † 80)

Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (1989.06.17 – 1997.08.27)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1997.08.27 – 2017.02.01)

Bishop Paulo Lopes de Faria (later Archbishop)
(1983.12.16 – 1995.08.02)

Paulo apóstolo de Jesus Cristo

Born:1931.02.24 (Igaratinga, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1980.12.27
Died:2009.07.16 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1980.11.07 – 1983.12.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1980.11.07 – 1983.12.16)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1983.12.16 – 1995.08.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1995.08.02 – 1997.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1997.05.14 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm.
(1980.09.24 – 1983.07.20)

Iter para tutum

Born:1920.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1944.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:1968.03.19
Died:2002.02.11 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia (1968.02.03 – 1974.02.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1968.02.03 – 1974.02.05)

Bishop of Caetité (Brazil) (1974.02.05 – 1980.09.24)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – 1983.07.20)

Bishop Homero Leite Meira
(1978.11.07 – 1980.09.24)

Lumen Cordium

Born:1931.12.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1955.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1978.12.27
Died:2014.05.08 († 82)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1978.11.07 – 1980.09.24)

Bishop of Irecê (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – 1983.06.13)

Special Churches

Churches by City (35)

Vitória da Conquista (←), Ilhéus (↗), Eunápolis (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,692 km²

Population: 337,600 Catholics (74.0% of 456,216 total)

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 40 priests (32 diocesan, 8 religious), 8 deacons, 27 religious (8 brothers, 19 sisters), 12 seminarians

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