Diocese of Cruz das Almas
Crucis Animarum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cruz das Almas, Brazil
The Diocese of Cruz das Almas is a Latin Church diocese in the Reconcavo Baiano region of Bahia, Brazil, created by Pope Francis in 2017 from the Archdiocese of Salvador. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sao Salvador da Bahia, with its cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Good Success.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 November 2017
- Latin
- Crucis Animarum
- Patron
- Our Lady of Good Success
- Annuario code
- 001005080
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 199,800
- Population
- 324,392
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 61.6%
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 10,516
- Extent
- 2,409 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 83
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antonio Tourinho Neto
- Born
- 9 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Jequié
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso stands in Cruz das Almas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Sao Salvador da Bahia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sao Salvador da Bahia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItabunaItabuna
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Cruz das Almas, in Bahia, Brazil, this Roman Catholic diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.