Suffragan diocese Bonfim, Brazil
Diocese of Bonfim
Bonfimen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1933
- Catholics
- 525,000
- Priests
- 34
- Territory
- 34,600 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Senhor do BonfimSenhor do Bonfim · CathedralView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoItiúbaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da SaúdeSaúdeView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaPonto NovoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoOurolândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroUmburanasView parish
- Nossa Senhora do PilarJaguarariView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusAntônio GonçalvesView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusMonte SantoView parish
- Santa CruzVarzéa NovaView parish
- Santo AntônioQueimadasView parish
- Santo AntônioCampo FormosoView parish
- Santo AntônioJacobinaView parish
- Santo AntônioSenhor do BonfimView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusPindobaçuView parish
- Senhora Sant’AnaCansançãoView parish
- São CristóvãoCapim GrossoView parish
- São Gonçalo do AmaranteCaémView parish
- São JoséSão José do JacuípeView parish
- São José OperárioSenhor do BonfimView parish
- São José OperárioJacobinaView parish
- São João BatistaJaguarariView parish
- São João BatistaMirangabaView parish
- São João BatistaNordestinaView parish
- São RoqueSerrolândiaView parish
- São SebastiãoFiladelfiaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.)
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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.
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.