Skip to the diocese
Catholic Intelligence
J.M.J.Search

Suffragan diocese Cruz das Almas, Brazil

Diocese of Cruz das Almas

Crucis Animarum

The Diocese of Cruz das Almas is a Latin Church diocese in the Reconcavo Baiano region of Bahia, Brazil, created by Pope Francis in 2017 from the Archdiocese of Salvador. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sao Salvador da Bahia, with its cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Good Success.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, in Cruz das Almas, Brazil.

Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.

Established
2017
Catholics
199,800
Priests
19
Territory
2,409 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Antonio Tourinho Neto
Born
9 January 1964
Birthplace
Jequié

Explore the ministry of the bishop.

The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso stands in Cruz das Almas, 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

Seated in the city of Cruz das Almas, in Bahia, Brazil, this Roman Catholic diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.

This see in the wire

Filed by the see itself

Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.

23 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.