Diocese of Bonfim
Bonfimen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bonfim, Brazil
The Diocese of Bonfim is a Latin Church diocese in Bahia, Brazil, with its see at Senhor do Bonfim, established on April 6, 1933. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 April 1933
- Latin
- Bonfimen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lord of Bonfim (Nosso Senhor do Bonfim)
- Annuario code
- 001000929
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 525,000
- Population
- 659,000
- Catholic share
- 79.7%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 15,441
- Extent
- 34,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S.
- Born
- 24 June 1964
- Birthplace
- Vitória da Conquista
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL SS.MO SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTINI) (S.S.S.)
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 Senhor do Bonfim stands in Bonfim, 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 Feira de Santana
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Feira de Santana.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BarreirasBarreiras
- Archdiocese of Feira de SantanaFeira de Santana
- Diocese of IrecêIrecê
- Diocese of JuazeiroJuazeiro
- Diocese of Paulo AfonsoPaulo Afonso
- Diocese of Ruy BarbosaRuy Barbosa
- Diocese of SerrinhaSerrinha
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Bonfim (Latin: Dioecesis Bonfimensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral, the Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, is dedicated to Our Lord and stands in the city of Salvador, in Bahia state.
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].