Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna (

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Itabuna.

Statistics

As per 2914, it pastorally served 608,000 Catholics (84.8% of 717,000 total) on 14,533 km² in 33 parishes and 85 missions with 42 priests (27 diocesan, 15 religious), 4 deacons, 48 lay religious (22 brothers, 26 sisters) and 5 seminarians.^[1]

History

• Established on 7 November 1978 as Diocese of Itabuna, on territory split off from the
  Diocese of Ilhéus
  .
• Lost territory on 1996.06.12 to establish the
  Diocese of Eunápolis.^[1]

• Homero Leite Meira (7 November 1978 – 24 September 1980), next Bishop of Irecê (Brazil) (24 September 1980 – retired 13 June 1983), died 2014
• Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió (Brazil) (3 February 1968 – 5 February 1974), then Bishop of Caetité
  (Brazil) (5 February 1974 – retired 24 September 1980); died 2002
• Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina
  (Brazil) (2 August 1995 – 14 May 1997), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (14 May 1997 – retired 30 May 2007); died 2009
• Czesław Stanula, Redemptorists (C.Ss.R.) (born Poland) (27 August 1997 – retired 1 February 2017); previously Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (17 June 1989 – 27 August 1997); died 2020
• Carlos Alberto dos Santos (1 February 2017 – ...), previously Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (15 June 2005 – 1 February 2017).

References

Sources and external links

Media related to Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna at Wikimedia Commons

• GCatholic.org, with oggle map and – satellite photo – data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy

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