Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora
Liberationis Marianae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Brazil
The Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora is a Latin rite diocese in Bahia state, Brazil, erected in 1967 from the Diocese of Caetité and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista. The current bishop is Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R., appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 February 1967
- Latin
- Liberationis Marianae
- Patron
- Our Lady of Livramento (Nossa Senhora do Livramento)
- Annuario code
- 001002028
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 233,878
- Population
- 269,071
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.9%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 8,995
- Extent
- 24,890 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.4
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
- Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R.
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 Livramento stands in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, 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 Vitória da Conquista
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bom Jesus da LapaBom Jesus da Lapa
- Diocese of CaetitéCaetité
- Archdiocese of Vitória da ConquistaVitória da Conquista
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Bahia state, the city of Livramento de Nossa Senhora holds the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Liberationis Marianae), which belongs to Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista.
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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.