Diocese of

Amargosa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

1941.05.10: Established as Diocese of Amargosa / Amargosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia)

Bishops of Amargosa (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Nílton dos Santos Souza (66)
(1988.08.31 – ...)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa (Brazil) (1986.08.04 – 1988.08.31)

Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil) (1988.08.31 – ...)

Bishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo (later Archbishop)
(1970.03.17 – 1988.04.06)

Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil) (1970.03.17 – 1988.04.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal (Brazil) (1988.04.06 – 1993.10.27)

Bishop Floréncio Cicinho Vieira
(1942.04.11 – 1969.01.11)

Bishop of Amargosa (Brazil) (1942.04.11 – 1969.01.11)

Titular Bishop of Macomades rusticiana (1969.01.11 – 1971.03.16)

as of 2010.03.13