Diocese of Ilhéus
Ilheosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ilhéus, Brazil
Diocese in Ilheus, Bahia, established on 20 October 1913 by Pope Pius X from the Archdiocese of Sao Salvador da Bahia. The current bishop is Dom Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C., serving since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 October 1913
- Latin
- Ilheosen(sis)
- Patron
- São Sebastião
- Annuario code
- 001001652
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 493,179
- Population
- 690,436
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 71.4%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 8,503
- Extent
- 11,021 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 45
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
- Dom Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.
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 São Sebastião stands in Ilhéus, 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 EunápolisEunápolis
- 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
The city of Ilhéus is the seat of this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Ilheosensis), 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.