Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
Spelaeopolitan(us) a Bono Iesu
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bom Jesus da Lapa, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 July 1962
- Latin
- Spelaeopolitan(us) a Bono Iesu
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Annuario code
- 001000925
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 287,000
- Population
- 360,000
- Catholic share
- 79.7%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 9,567
- Extent
- 562,303 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.5
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Rubival Cabral Britto, O.F.M. Cap.
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 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.
The province of Vitória da Conquista
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaetitéCaetité
- Diocese of Livramento de Nossa SenhoraLivramento de Nossa Senhora
- Archdiocese of Vitória da ConquistaVitória da Conquista
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].