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Suffragan diocese Camaçari, Brazil

Diocese of Camaçari

Camassarien(sis)

The Diocese of Camaçari is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Bahia, Brazil, erected on 15 December 2010 from the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, to which it is suffragan. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury, and it is led by Bishop Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral São Tomás de Cantuária, in Camaçari, Brazil.

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Established
2010
Catholics
500,000
Priests
35
Territory
2,382 km²

Parishes and churches

22 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Dom Dirceu de Oliveira Medeiros

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The cathedral

Catedral São Tomás de Cantuária stands in Camaçari, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A suffragan see of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camaçari (Latin: Dioecesis Camassariensis) is seated in the city of Camaçari, in Bahia, Brazil.

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