The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista ( la, Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista) is an
archdiocese
In 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 provinces were administratively associat ...
located in the city of
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
* 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
;Bishops of Vitória da Conquista
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Jackson Berenguer Prado (1958.04.16 – 1962.09.24)
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Climério Almeida de Andrade (1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24)
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Celso José Pinto da Silva (1981.07.04 – 2001.02.21), appointed Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui
;Archbishops of Vitória da Conquista
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* Geraldo Rocha Pereir ...
(2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
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Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu,
OFMCap
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(11 June 2008 - 9 October 2019)
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Josafá Menezes da Silva (9 October 2019 – present)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
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Zanoni Demettino Castro, appointed Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo in 2007
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Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Floriano, Piaui in 2010
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João Santos Cardoso, appointed Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui in 2011
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Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 2014
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José Roberto Silva Carvalho, appointed Bishop of Caetité, Bahia in 2016
Suffragan dioceses
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Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
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Diocese of Caetité
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Diocese of Jequié
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Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora
Sources
GCatholic.org Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1957
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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