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Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa

Dioecesis Spelaeopolitana a Bono Iesu



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Bishop(s)

  • Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 July 1962
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Bahia
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 56,880 (21,969 Square Miles)
  • Description: 15 municipalities in the Southwest and West of Bahia
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 3
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesedebomjesusdalapa.com.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. Sao Vicente de Paulo s/n, 47600-000 Bom Jesus da Lapa, BA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (077)3481-2086

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 July 1962ErectedDiocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) (Oarinhanha, Cocos, Coribe, Correntina, Paratinga, Santa Maria da Vitoria, Santana, and Portions of Bom Iesus da Lapa)
Diocese of Caetité (Portions of Bom Iesus da Lapa)
Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa (erected)
16 January 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa (from Sao Salvador da Bahia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1964149,000151,00098.7%44818,625476ap1967
1966162,000164,81298.3%641016,200666ap1971
1976214,000216,40098.9%981712,5888296ap1977
1980549,000555,00098.9%1181928,89483310ap1981
1990294,000296,54399.1%6142014,7002173812ap1991
1999305,000338,00090.2%6131916,052153014ap2000
2000315,000350,00090.0%9101916,578123014ap2001
2001315,000350,00090.0%7142115,000164214ap2002
2002295,000328,13489.9%1081816,388104214ap2003
2003270,000330,00081.8%1081815,000104114ap2004
2004280,000350,00080.0%9152411,666184214ap2005
2006287,000360,00079.7%14132710,629174214ap2007
2012316,000397,00079.6%1717349,294183815ap2013
2015324,000406,00079.8%14163010,800173315ap2016
2018332,150416,20079.8%14183210,379192618ap2019
2020330,400422,71078.2%16112712,237152818ap2021
2022335,000429,00078.1%17133011,166143124ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 823, to Page 825
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 252, and Page 253

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