The Roman Catholic Diocese of Serrinha ( la, Dioecesis Serrignensis) is located in the

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian state of

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-larges ...

. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.

History

The diocese was erected on 21 September 2005 with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana and the Diocese of Paulo Afonso

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Ottorino Assolari, (21 September 2005 – 3 February 2021) * Hélio Pereira dos Santos (3 February 2021 - )

Coadjutor Bishop

* Hélio Pereira dos Santos (16 October 2020 – 3 February 2021)

References

External links

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Serrinha :''"Serrinha" is also the name of a microregion in Bahia.'' Serrinha is a city in the state of Bahia, in eastern Brazil. Geography The population is 81,286 people. The mayor is Adriano Lima of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party The Brazi ...

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