The Roman Catholic Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas ( la, Dioecesis Taxensis–Carabellensis) 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 cities of

Teixeira de Freitas Teixeira de Freitas is a city in the extreme south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, on the margins of BR-101 highway. It is one of the largest cities in the state, with a population estimated at 162,438 inhabitants in an area of 1,166 km². ...

and

Caravelas Caravelas is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants in southern Bahia, Brazil, a few miles above the mouth of the Caravelas River. Caravelas was founded in 1581 by Portuguese settlers. It was once the centre of a flourishing whale fishery. It is the p ...

in the

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of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.

History

* 21 July 1962: Established as Diocese of Caravelas from the Diocese of Ilhéus * 18 April 1983: Renamed as Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas

Leadership, in reverse chronological order

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

s of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (2017.11.15 - present) ** Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (2005.06.15 – 2017.02.01), appointed Bishop of Itabuna, Bahia ** Bishop Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto,

O.F.M. Cap. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM) ...

(1983.04.18 – 2005.06.15) * Bishop of Caravelas (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop Filippo Tiago Broers, O.F.M. (1963.05.02 – 1983.04.18)

References

GCatholic.org

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