Diocese of Serrinha, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Serrinha / Serrignen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Feira de Santana

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ruy Barbosa (←), Bonfim (↖), Paulo Afonso (↑), Alagoinhas (↘), Feira de Santana (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2005.09.21: Established as Diocese of Serrinha / Serrignen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Feira de Santana and Diocese of Paulo Afonso and became suffragan of Feira de Santana)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.03 – ...):

Bishop Hélio Pereira dos Santos (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Serrinha (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hélio Pereira dos Santos (58)
(2021.02.03 – ...)

Bishop of Serrinha (Brazil)

Ide e fazei meus discípulos

Born:	1967.11.18 (Pão de Açúcar, AL, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.07.22

Priest of Palmeira dos Índios (Brazil) (1996.12.19 – 2016.04.27)

Titular Bishop of Thiava (2016.04.27 – 2020.10.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2016.04.27 – 2020.10.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Serrinha (Brazil) (2020.10.16 – 2021.02.03)

Bishop of Serrinha (Brazil) (2021.02.03 – ...)

Bishop Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F. (80)
(2005.09.21 – 2021.02.03)

Bishop emeritus of Serrinha (Brazil)

Christi Crux in cordibus nostris

Born:	1946.01.30 (Scanzorosciate, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1973.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.11.25

Bishop of Serrinha (Brazil) (2005.09.21 – 2021.02.03)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Hélio Pereira dos Santos (58) (2020.10.16 – 2021.02.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Senhora Sant’Ana, Serrinha, Bahia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (20)

Ruy Barbosa (←), Bonfim (↖), Paulo Afonso (↑), Alagoinhas (↘), Feira de Santana (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 17,169 km²

Population: 419,800 Catholics (72.7% of 577,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 39 priests (28 diocesan, 11 religious), 10 deacons, 38 religious (11 brothers, 27 sisters), 11 seminarians