Suffragan diocese Amargosa, Brazil
Diocese of Amargosa
Amargosen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Amargosa is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Bahia, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It was established on May 10, 1941, and has been led by Bishop Juraci Gomes de Oliveira since 2023.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1941
- Catholics
- 614,000
- Priests
- 42
- Territory
- 13,380 km²
Parishes and churches
32 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora do Bom ConselhoAmargosa · CathedralView parish
- Bom JesusValençaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AjudaJaguaripeView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoItatimView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoCastro AlvesView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoCastro AlvesView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoLajeView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoSanta TeresinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoValençaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PurificaçãoNazaréView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioCairúView parish
- Nossa Senhora Rainha dos Anjos OIgreja}NazaréView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusValençaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusIaçuView parish
- Santa RitaAmargosaView parish
- Santo AntônioArgoimView parish
- Santo AntônioElísio MedradoView parish
- Santo Antônio de JesusSanto Antônio de JesusView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaMilagresView parish
- Santo Antônio do ArgoimRafael JambeiroView parish
- Senhor do BomfimJiquiriçáView parish
- Senhor do BonfimNilo PeçanhaView parish
- Senhora SantanaAratuípeView parish
- São BeneditoSanto Antônio de JesusView parish
- São BeneditoSerra GrandeView parish
- São Felipe e São TiagoSão FelipeView parish
- São José do AndaiáSanto Antônio de JesusView parish
- São Miguel ArcanjoSão Miguel das MatasView parish
- São RoqueMutuípeView parish
- São RoqueDom Macedo CostaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Juraci Gomes de Oliveira
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho stands in Amargosa, 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.
History
In Brazil's ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia, the city of Amargosa is the seat of this diocese, Dioecesis Amargosensis in Latin.