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Suffragan diocese Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Brazil

Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora

Liberationis Marianae

The Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora is a Latin rite diocese in Bahia state, Brazil, erected in 1967 from the Diocese of Caetité and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista. The current bishop is Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R., appointed in 2023.

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The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora do Livramento, in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, Brazil.

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Established
1967
Catholics
233,878
Priests
26
Territory
24,890 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Vicente de Paula Ferreira, C.SS.R.

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora do Livramento stands in Livramento de Nossa Senhora, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Bahia state, the city of Livramento de Nossa Senhora holds the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Liberationis Marianae), which belongs to Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista.

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