Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista | |
|---|---|
 Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Vitória da Conquista |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,709 km2 (9,540 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 724,619 542,249 (74.8%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 27 July 1957 (67 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Vitórias |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishops emeritus | Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, OFMCap |
| Website | |
| arquiconquista | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista (Latin: Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista) is an archdiocese located in the city of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.
History
[edit]- 27 July 1957: Established as Diocese of Vitória da Conquista from the Diocese of Amargosa
- 16 January 2002: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
Bishops
[edit]- Bishops of Vitória da Conquista
- Jackson Berenguer Prado (1958.04.16 – 1962.09.24)
- Climério Almeida de Andrade (1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24)
- Celso José Pinto da Silva (1981.07.04 – 2001.02.21), appointed Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui
- Archbishops of Vitória da Conquista
- Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
- Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, OFMCap (11 June 2008 - 9 October 2019)
- Josafá Menezes da Silva (9 October 2019 – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit]- Zanoni Demettino Castro, appointed Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo in 2007
- Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Floriano, Piaui in 2010
- João Santos Cardoso, appointed Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui in 2011
- Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 2014
- José Roberto Silva Carvalho, appointed Bishop of Caetité, Bahia in 2016
Suffragan dioceses
[edit]- Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
- Diocese of Caetité
- Diocese of Jequié
- Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora
Sources
[edit]- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Archdiocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2002-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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