The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa ( la, Dioecesis Amargosensis) is a
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of
Amargosa in the
ecclesiastical province
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of
São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.
History
* 10 May 1941: Established as Diocese of Amargosa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Leadership
; Bishops of Amargosa
*
Floréncio Cicinho Vieira (11 April 1942 – 11 January 1969)
*
Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo
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(17 March 1970 – 6 April 1988), appointed Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
* João Nílton dos Santos Souza (31 August 1988 – 10 June 2015)
* Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos (1 May 2016 – 18 August 2021), appointed Bishop of Penedo
*
Juraci Gomes de Oliveira (31 May 2023
– present)
;Other priests of this diocese who became bishop
*
Walfrido Teixeira Vieira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 1961
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1941
Amargosa, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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