Suffragan diocese Bom Jesus da Lapa, Brazil
Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
Spelaeopolitan(us) a Bono Iesu
Latin Church
The Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa is a Latin Church diocese in Bahia, Brazil, created on July 21, 1962. It is home to the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus da Lapa, a major Brazilian pilgrimage site.
On the map
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- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 287,000
- Priests
- 30
- Territory
- 562,303 km²
Parishes and churches
17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Bom Jesus da LapaBom Jesus da Lapa · CathedralView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GlóriaCorrentinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasBom Jesus da LapaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das VitóriasSanta Maria da VitóriaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioSítio do MatoView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusCorrentinaView parish
- Santo AntônioParatingaView parish
- Santo AntônioJaborandiView parish
- Senhora Sant’AnaSantanaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisSão Félix do CoribeView parish
- São Gonçalo do AmaranteSerra DouradaView parish
- São JoséCarinhanhaView parish
- São José OperárioSerra do RamalhoView parish
- São João BatistaBom Jesus da LapaView parish
- São João BatistaCoribeView parish
- São MiguelCanapólisView parish
- São SebastiãoCocosView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap.
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The cathedral
Catedral Bom Jesus stands in Bom Jesus da Lapa, 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa, known in Latin as Dioecesis Spelaeopolitana a Bono Iesu and seated in the city of the same name.