The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna ( la, Dioecesis Itabunensis) is a Latin

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in the

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of São Salvador da Bahia in Bahia state, eastern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to

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, in the city of

Itabuna Itabuna is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil. It is the 6th largest city in Bahia by population after Salvador, Feira de Santana, Camaçari, Vitória da Conquista, and Juazeiro. It had an estimated 214,123 residents in 2021. Itabuna covers a total ...

Statistics

As per 2914, it pastorally served 608,000 Catholics (84.8% of 717,000 total) on 14,533 km² in 33 parishes and 85 missions with 42 priests (27 diocesan, 15 religious), 4 deacons, 48 lay religious (22 brothers, 26 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

History

* Established on 7 November 1978 as Diocese of Itabuna, on territory split off from the Diocese of Ilhéus. * Lost territory on 1996.06.12 to establish the Diocese of Eunápolis.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all

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) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Itabuna'' * Homero Leite Meira (7 November 1978 – 24 September 1980), next Bishop of

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(Brazil) (24 September 1980 – retired 13 June 1983), died 2014 * Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira,

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(O.Carm.) (24 September 1980 – 20 July 1983); previously

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(3 February 1968 – 5 February 1974) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Brazil) (3 February 1968 – 5 February 1974), then Bishop of

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(Brazil) (5 February 1974 – retired 24 September 1980); died 2002 *

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(later Archbishop) (16 December 1983 – 2 August 1995); previously Titular Bishop of

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(7 November 1980 – 16 December 1983) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Brazil) (7 November 1980 – 16 December 1983); later

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(Brazil) (2 August 1995 – 14 May 1997), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (14 May 1997 – retired 30 May 2007); died 2009 *

Czesław Stanula Czesław Stanula C.Ss.R. (27 March 1940 – 14 May 2020) was a Polish-Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Stanula was born in Poland and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta, Brazil ...

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(C.Ss.R.) (born Poland) (27 August 1997 – retired 1 February 2017); previously Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (17 June 1989 – 27 August 1997); died 2020 * Carlos Alberto dos Santos (1 February 2017 – ...), previously Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (15 June 2005 – 1 February 2017).

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with oggle map and – satellite photo – data for all sections

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1978 Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of São Salvador da Bahia Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub