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Suffragan diocese Eunápolis, Brazil

Diocese of Eunápolis

Eunapolitan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Eunápolis is a Latin Church see in Bahia, Brazil, established in 1996 from the dioceses of Itabuna and Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and has been led by its first bishop, José Edson Santana de Oliveira, since its creation.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, in Eunápolis, Brazil.

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Established
1996
Catholics
249,000
Priests
54
Territory
12,729 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
José Edson Santana de Oliveira

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora stands in Eunápolis, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Seated in the city of Eunápolis, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Eunapolitana) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia.

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