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Diocese of

Itabuna

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

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History

  • 1978.11.07: Established as Diocese of Itabuna / Itabunen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ilhéus)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Itabuna (Roman Rite)

Bishop Czesław Stanula, C.SS.R. (69)Bishop Czesław Stanula, C.SS.R. (69)
(1997.08.27 – ...)

Vox Clamantis in Deserto

Born:1940.03.27 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:1964.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:1989.11.05

Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (1989.06.17 – 1997.08.27)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1997.08.27 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Lopes de Faria (later Archbishop)
(1983.12.16 – 1995.08.02)

Born:1931.02.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1980.12.27
Died:2009.07.16 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Thelepte (1980.11.07 – 1983.12.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1980.11.07 – 1983.12.16)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1983.12.16 – 1995.08.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1995.08.02 – 1997.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1997.05.14 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm.
(1980.09.24 – 1983.07.20)

Born:1920.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1944.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:1968.03.19
Died:2002.02.11 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia (1968.02.03 – 1974.02.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1968.02.03 – 1974.02.05)

Bishop of Caetité (Brazil) (1974.02.05 – 1980.09.24)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – 1983.07.20)

Bishop Homero Leite Meira (78)Bishop Homero Leite Meira (78)
(1978.11.07 – 1980.09.24)

Lumen Cordium

Born:1931.12.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1955.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1978.12.27

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (1978.11.07 – 1980.09.24)

Bishop of Irecê (Brazil) (1980.09.24 – 1983.06.13)

as of 2010.02.26

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