Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna is a diocese
located in the city of Itabuna
in the Ecclesiastical province
of São Salvador da Bahia
in Brazil.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Itabuna
Itabuna
Itabuna is a city in Bahia, Brazil. Located around , it's the 6th city in Bahia, after Salvador, Feira de Santana, Vitória da Conquista, Juazeiro and Ilhéus in size of population, with an estimative of 209,211 inhabitants in 2006. The city covers a total area of 443.2 km².Itabuna became a city...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of São Salvador da Bahia
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia also carries the title Primate of Brazil...
in Brazil.
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s of Itabuna (Roman rite)- Bishop Czesław Stanula, C.SS.R. (1997.08.27 – present)
- Bishop Paulo Lopes de FariaPaulo Lopes de FariaPaulo Lopes de Faria was the Brazilian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Diamantina from May 14, 1997 until his retirement on May 30, 2007...
(later Archbishop) (1983.12.16 – 1995.08.02) - Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O.C. (1980.09.24 – 1983.07.20)
- Bishop Homero Leite Meira (1978.11.07 – 1980.09.24)