Diocese of Alagoinhas
Alacunen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alagoinhas, Brazil
The Diocese of Alagoinhas is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Bahia, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It was established on October 28, 1974, and has been led by Bishop Francisco de Oliveira Vidal since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 October 1974
- Latin
- Alacunen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001000624
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 690,000
- Population
- 680,000
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 13,019
- Extent
- 15,795 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
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
- Francisco de Oliveira Vidal
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 Santo Antônio stands in Alagoinhas, 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 AmargosaAmargosa
- Diocese of CamaçariCamaçari
- Diocese of EunápolisEunápolis
- 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
Alagoinhas, a Brazilian city in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia, gives its seat to this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Alacunensis.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].