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Diocese of

Alagoinhas

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

History

  • 1974.10.28: Established as Diocese of Alagoinhas / Alacunen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alagoinhas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos (54)Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos (54)
(2002.04.24 – ...)

Por Cristo, com Cristo, em Cristo

Born:1955.08.20 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1985.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:2002.07.27

Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (2002.04.24 – ...)

Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias (84)Bishop Jaime Mota de Farias (84)
(1986.11.07 – 2002.04.24)

Para dar testemunho

Born:1925.11.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1957.08.25
Consecrated Bishop:1982.09.11

Titular Bishop of Ausuccura (1982.07.14 – 1986.11.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1982.07.14 – 1986.11.07)

Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (1986.11.07 – 2002.04.24)

Archbishop José Floriberto Cornelis, O.S.B.
(1974.11.13 – 1986.05.24)

Born:1910.10.06 (Belgium)
Ordained Priest:1935.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1958.12.27
Died:2001.12.20 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Tunes (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Katanga (Congo-Kinshasa) (1958.11.27 – 1959.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lubumbashi (Congo-Kinshasa) (1959.11.10 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Capra (1967.04.13 – 1974.11.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Alagoinhas (Brazil) (1974.11.13 – 1986.05.24)

as of 2010.03.13

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