The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caetité ( la, Dioecesis Caëtitensis) is a

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located in the city of

Caetité Caetité is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Bahia. It is located in the semi-arid ''sertão'' region in the interior of the state. It had an estimated 51,081 inhabitants as of 2020. It covers and is from the state capital, Salvador. Cae ...

in the

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Vitória da Conquista Vitória da Conquista is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil, that has a population of approximately 341,000 people as of 2020, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). It is the third largest city in the state of Bahi ...

in Brazil.

History

* 20 October 1913: Established as Diocese of Caetité from the

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Leadership

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s of Caetité (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop José Roberto Silva Carvalho (2016.10.26 - present) ** Bishop Riccardo Guerrino Brusati (2002.11.13 – 2015.05.27), appointed Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais ** Bishop Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. (1981.11.09 – 2002.11.13) ** Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira,

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(1974.02.05 – 1980.09.24), appointed Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia ** Bishop Silvério Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. (1970.03.17 – 1973.01.18), appointed Bishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia ** Bishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa (1957.05.25 – 1968.12.28), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais ** Bishop

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(1948.02.13 – 1955.12.09) ** Bishop Juvêncio de Brito (1926.12.23 – 1945.12.15), appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco ** Bishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello (1914.08.18 – 1923.07.30), appointed Bishop of Stobi, North Macedonia

References

GCatholic.org

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