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.
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- 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.
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
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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.