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Diocese of Irecê

Dioecesis Irecensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 28 April 1979
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Feira de Santana
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Bahia
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 24,065 (9,295 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Nordeste 3
  • Official Web Site: http://www.dioceseirece.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Praca Goes Calmon s/n, C.P. 14, 44900-000 Irece, BA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (074)3641-3835
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 April 1979ErectedDiocese of Barra (do Rio Grande) (Barra do Mendes, Central Ibipeba, Jussara, Presidente Dutra, and Uibaí)
Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa) (Irecê, Ibitita, Iraquara, Cafarnaum, Canarana, Lençois, Morro do Chapeu, Palmeiras, Seabra, and Souto Soares)
Diocese of Irecê (erected)
16 January 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Irecê (from Sao Salvador da Bahia)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1979297,628.0%3580125ap1981
1990337,000408,00082.6%54937,44442814ap1991
1999448,000486,00092.2%1251726,35252715ap2000
2000448,000486,00092.2%1251726,35252715ap2001
2001294,000420,00070.0%1531816,33332715ap2002
2002278,850429,00065.0%1131419,91732716ap2003
2003290,500450,00064.6%1441816,13842716ap2004
2004295,000470,00062.8%1441816,38842716ap2005
2006315,000485,00064.9%1642015,75052718ap2007
2013344,000532,00064.7%2632911,86241625ap2014
2016600,000770,00077.9%2743119,35441625ap2017
2019614,400788,50077.9%2943318,618142128ap2020
2021623,590800,29077.9%3143517,816142128ap2022

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 72, Page 1,073, and Page 1,074
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 253, and Page 254

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