Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Vitória da Conquista / Victorien(sis) de Conquista (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bom Jesus da Lapa, Caetité, Jequié, Livramento de Nossa Senhora

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora das Vitórias (August 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.07.27: Established as Diocese of Vitória da Conquista / Victorien(sis) de Conquista (Latin) (from Diocese of Amargosa and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1978.11.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Jequié
2002.01.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista / Victorien(sis) de Conquista (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bom Jesus da Lapa, Caetité, Jequié and Livramento de Nossa Senhora)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Vitória da Conquista (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (65)
(2019.10.09 – 2024.03.13)

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 – ...)

Archbishop Luis Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap. (67)
(2008.06.11 – 2019.10.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil)

Ne timeas tecum ego sum / Não temas estou contigo

Born:	1957.02.18 (Caruaru, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.10.06

Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (2001.06.13 – 2008.06.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (2008.06.11 – 2019.10.09)

Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha
(2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11)

Opus Fac Evangelistæ

Born:	1942.03.14 (Fundão, ES, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.05.31
Died:	2023.07.26 (Altamira, PA, Brazil † 81)

Priest of Vitória (Brazil) (1967.08.15 – 1984.03.14)

Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1984.03.14 – 1990.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (1984.03.14 – 1990.04.23)

Bishop of Colatina (Brazil) (1990.04.23 – 2002.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2003 – 2007.07.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mariana (Brazil) (2007.04.11 – 2018.04.25)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2007.05 – 2011.05.10)

Bishops of Vitória da Conquista (Roman Rite)

Bishop Celso José Pinto da Silva (later Archbishop)
(1981.07.04 – 2001.02.21)

Para servir

Born:	1933.10.29 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.03.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.05.01
Died:	2018.09.28 (Teresina, PI, Brazil † 84)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1978.03.06 – 1981.07.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1978.03.06 – 1981.07.04)

Bishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (1981.07.04 – 2001.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (2001.02.21 – 2008.09.03)

Bishop Climério Almeida de Andrade
(1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24)

Born:	1924.02.26 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.12.30
Died:	1981.05.24 († 57)

Bishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24)

Bishop Jackson Berenguer Prado
(1958.04.16 – 1962.09.24)

Born:	1918.05.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.08.03
Died:	2005.02.08 († 86)

Bishop of Vitória da Conquista (Brazil) (1958.04.16 – 1962.09.24)

Bishop of Feira de Santana (Brazil) (1962.09.24 – 1971.10.08)

Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (1971.10.08 – 1983.08.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Vitórias, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia

Churches by City (33)

Janaúba (↙), Caetité (←), Livramento de Nossa Senhora (↖), Jequié (↗), Itabuna (→), Eunápolis (↘), Almenara (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,089 km²

Population: 559,024 Catholics (68.4% of 816,772 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (44 diocesan, 14 religious), 15 deacons, 46 religious (15 brothers, 31 sisters), 21 seminarians