Diocese of Jequié, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jequié / Iequiean(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Vitória da Conquista

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1978.11.07: Established as Diocese of Jequié / Iequiean(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Amargosa and Diocese of Vitória da Conquista and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
2002.01.16: Became suffragan of Vitória da Conquista

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.01.13 – ...):

Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jequié (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos (69)
(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 José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (57)
(2012.07.04 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil)

Ex toto corde

Born:	1967.08.06 (Feira di Santana, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.07

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (2012.07.04 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop of Caruaru (Brazil) (2019.07.10 – ...)

Bishop Cristiano Jakob Krapf (88)
(1978.11.07 – 2012.07.04)

Bishop emeritus of Jequié (Brazil)

Lux mundi

Born:	1936.09.12 (Bernhardzell, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1964.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.01.07

Priest of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1964.03.15 – 1978.11.07)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (1978.11.07 – 2012.07.04)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, Jequié, Bahia

Churches by City (39)

Vitória da Conquista (↙), Livramento de Nossa Senhora (←), Ruy Barbosa (↑), Amargosa (↗), Ilhéus (→)

Statistics (2019.12.31)

Area: 18,771 km²

Population: 597,000 Catholics (86.6% of 689,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes, 580 missions

Personnel: 55 priests (49 diocesan, 6 religious), 5 deacons, 23 religious (6 brothers, 17 sisters), 8 seminarians