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Diocese of Caetité

Dioecesis Caëtitensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 October 1913
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Bahia
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 41,980 (16,214 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 3
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesedecaetite.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 06, 46400-970 Caetite; Rua Barao de Caetite 22, 46400-000 Caetite, BA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (077)3454-4405

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 October 1913ErectedArchdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Caetité, Monte Alto, Gentío, Amparo de Umbaranas, Duas Barras, Jacaracy, Gonderiba, Caculé, Bom Jesús dos Meiras, Ituassú, Sincorá, Minas do Rio de Contas, Villa Velha de Minas de Rio de Contas, Bom Jesús de Bio de Contas, S. Joâo do Paraguassú, ...) Diocese of Caetité (erected)
14 November 1959Territory LostDiocese of Amargosa (Parts of Andaraí)
Diocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) (Seabra)
Diocese of Bonfim (Ireoê, Miguel Calmon, Morro do Chapéu, and Utinga)
Diocese of Caetité (Lencóis, Palmeiras, and parts of Andaraí)
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Baixa Grande, Ipirá, Ibiquera, Itaberaba, Macajuba, Mairi, Mundo Novo, Piritiba, and Rui Barbosa)
Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa) (erected)
22 July 1962Territory LostDiocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) (Oarinhanha, Cocos, Coribe, Correntina, Paratinga, Santa Maria da Vitoria, Santana, and Portions of Bom Iesus da Lapa)
Diocese of Caetité (Portions of Bom Iesus da Lapa)
Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa (erected)
27 February 1967Territory LostDiocese of Caetité (Abaira, Agua Quente, Barra da Estiva, Boninal, Contendas do Sincorá, Dom Basilio, Ibicoara, Ibitiara, Ibipitanga, Iramaia, Ituaçu, Jussiapé, Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Mucugê, Paramirim, Piata, Rio de Contas, Rio do Pires, and Tanhaçu) Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora (erected)
16 January 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Caetité (from Sao Salvador da Bahia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950443,762.0%20200323ap1951
1959500,000600,00083.3%171729,411424ap1960
1965800,000820,00097.6%202040,000546ap1967
1970480,000500,00096.0%27ap1971
1976495,000500,00099.0%151533,0001527ap1977
1980540,000550,00098.2%1421633,75021427ap1981
1990573,000600,00095.5%1832127,28533428ap1991
1999640,000700,00091.4%1652130,47654030ap2000
2000630,000700,00090.0%1962525,20064231ap2001
2001637,000708,00090.0%2383120,54884232ap2002
2002560,000700,00080.0%1582324,34784233ap2003
2003630,000700,00090.0%1972624,23074233ap2004
2004618,351678,22191.2%2873517,66784845ap2005
2006618,351678,22191.2%3053517,66754633ap2007
2012660,000723,00091.3%3083817,36883233ap2013
2013665,000729,00091.2%3173817,50093433ap2014
2016656,000718,85591.3%2973618,22272433ap2017
2019654,529736,22088.9%3374016,36382138ap2020
2021635,425788,65180.6%3794613,813231438ap2022
2023619,200823,50075.2%38104812,900122338ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 5, Page 548, and Page 549
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 252, and Page 253

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