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Date | Event | From | To |
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20 October 1913 | Erected | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) (erected)
Diocese of Caetité (erected) Diocese of Ilhéus (erected) |
14 November 1959 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande)
Diocese of Bonfim Diocese of Caetité Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia | Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa) (erected) |
22 July 1962 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) | Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa (erected) |
28 April 1979 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande)
Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa) | Diocese of Irecê (erected) |
21 May 1979 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) | Diocese of Barreiras (erected) |
16 January 2002 | Metropolitan Changed | Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) (from Sao Salvador da Bahia) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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1959 | 500,000 | 511,000 | 97.8% | 8 | 9 | 17 | 29,411 | 9 | 27 | 20 | ap1960 | |
1961 | 548,000 | 550,000 | 99.6% | 10 | 9 | 19 | 28,842 | 10 | 23 | 19 | ap1967 | |
1968 | 280,000 | 287,281 | 97.5% | 7 | 1 | 8 | 35,000 | 1 | 10 | 5 | ap1971 | |
1976 | 398,800 | 400,000 | 99.7% | 9 | 4 | 13 | 30,676 | 4 | 20 | 9 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 200,000 | 235,507 | 84.9% | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20,000 | 5 | 21 | 8 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 170,000 | 210,000 | 81.0% | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24,285 | 6 | 40 | 9 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 242,000 | 253,000 | 95.7% | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17,285 | 11 | 35 | 9 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 245,000 | 256,000 | 95.7% | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17,500 | 9 | 30 | 10 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 247,000 | 259,000 | 95.4% | 8 | 7 | 15 | 16,466 | 10 | 32 | 10 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 251,000 | 262,000 | 95.8% | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22,818 | 8 | 28 | 10 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 230,000 | 250,000 | 92.0% | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19,166 | 10 | 36 | 10 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 230,000 | 250,000 | 92.0% | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19,166 | 10 | 35 | 10 | ap2005 | |
2006 | 236,000 | 256,000 | 92.2% | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23,600 | 6 | 26 | 10 | ap2007 | |
2012 | 252,000 | 280,000 | 90.0% | 13 | 4 | 17 | 14,823 | 7 | 23 | 11 | ap2013 | |
2015 | 258,000 | 286,500 | 90.1% | 11 | 3 | 14 | 18,428 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 12 | ap2016 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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