Diocese of Caetité
Caëtiten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caetité, Brazil
The Diocese of Caetité is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Bahia, Brazil, erected on 20 October 1913 from the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista, led by Bishop José Roberto Silva Carvalho since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 October 1913
- Latin
- Caëtiten(sis)
- Patron
- Senhora Sant'Ana
- Annuario code
- 001001004
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 619,200
- Population
- 678,221
- Catholic share
- 91.3%
- Priests
- 48
- Catholics per priest
- 12,900
- Extent
- 41,740 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
- Dom José Roberto Silva Carvalho
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 Sant’Ana stands in Caetité, 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 Bom Jesus da LapaBom Jesus da Lapa
- 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, the city of Caetité hosts a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Caëtitensis.
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].