Diocese of Eunápolis
Eunapolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Eunápolis, Brazil
The Diocese of Eunápolis is a Latin Church see in Bahia, Brazil, established in 1996 from the dioceses of Itabuna and Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and has been led by its first bishop, José Edson Santana de Oliveira, since its creation.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 June 1996
- Latin
- Eunapolitan(us)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora dos Cristãos
- Annuario code
- 001001381
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 249,000
- Population
- 614,485
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 40.5%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 4,611
- Extent
- 12,729 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- José Edson Santana de Oliveira
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 Auxiliadora stands in Eunápolis, 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 São Salvador da Bahia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlagoinhasAlagoinhas
- Diocese of AmargosaAmargosa
- Diocese of CamaçariCamaçari
- Diocese of IlhéusIlhéus
- Archdiocese of São Salvador da BahiaSão Salvador da Bahia
- Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–CaravelasTeixeira de Freitas–Caravelas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Eunápolis, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Eunapolitana) forms part of the ecclesiastical province 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.