Roman Catholic Diocese of Caetité

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Diocese of Caetité
Dioecesis Caëtitensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Vitória da Conquista
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 41,740 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
678,221 (2004)
618,351 (91.2%)
Cathedral: Catedral Sant’Ana
Ordinaries
Bishop: Guerrino Riccardo Brusati

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caetité {Latin: Caëtiten(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Caetité in the Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.

[edit] History

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Caetité (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Guerrino Riccardo Brusati (2002.11.13 – present)
    • Bishop Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, C.S.S. (1981.11.09 – 2002.11.13)
    • Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O.C. (1974.02.05 – 1980.09.24)
    • Bishop Silvério Jarbas Paulo de Albuquerque, O.F.M. (1970.03.17 – 1973.01.18)
    • Bishop José Pedro de Araújo Costa (later Archbishop) (1957.05.25 – 1968.12.28)
    • Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa (1948.02.13 – 1955.12.09)
    • Bishop Juvéncio de Brito (1926.12.23 – 1945.12.15)
    • Bishop Manoel Raymundo de Mello (1914.08.18 – 1923.07.30)

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