Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilhéus (Latin: Dioecesis Ilheosensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ilhéus in the Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.

Diocese of Ilhéus

Dioecesis Ilheosensis
Cathedral of St. Sebastian in Ilhéus
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Salvador da Bahia
Statistics
Area11,021 km2 (4,255 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
690,436
493,179 (71.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 October 1913 (106 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São Sebastião
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMauro Montagnoli, C.S.S.
Metropolitan ArchbishopMurilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger
Website
www.diocesedeilheusba.com

History

On 20 October 1913 Pope Pius X established the Diocese of Ilhéus from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It lost territory twice with the establishment of two other dioceses. In 1962 Pope John XXIII established the Diocese of Caravelas and in 1978 Pope John Paul II established the Diocese of Itabuna[1][2]

Bishops
  • Bishops of Ilhéus (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Mauro Montagnoli, C.S.S. (1995.12.20 – present)
    • Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. (1971.01.14 – 1995.07.05)
    • Bishop Roberto Pinarello de Almeida (1970.04.18 – 1971.01.14)
    • Bishop Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. (1958.04.16 – 1969.12.19)
    • Bishop João Resende Costa, S.D.B. (1953.02.23 – 1957.07.19), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
    • Bishop Benedito Zorzi (1946.08.03 – 1952.06.24)
    • Bishop Felipe Benito Condurú Pacheco (1941.04.19 – 1946.02.07), appointed Bishop of Parnaíba, Piaui
    • Bishop Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. (1931.01.30 – 1939.07.24)
    • Bishop Manoel Antônio de Paiva (1915.03.15 – 1929.04.02), appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • Cristiano Jakob Krapf, appointed Bishop of Jequié, Bahia

References
  1. "Diocese of Ilhéus". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  2. "Diocese of Ilhéus". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-12-09.



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