Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas
Taxen(sis)-Carabellen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas, Brazil
Latin rite diocese in Bahia, Brazil, erected in 1962 as the Diocese of Caravelas and renamed in 1983. It is a suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia. Dom Aldemiro Sena dos Santos was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on February 4, 2026 and installed as the 5th bishop on April 7, 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1962
- Latin
- Taxen(sis)-Carabellen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter
- Annuario code
- 001003191
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 292,000
- Population
- 364,720
- Catholic share
- 80.1%
- Priests
- 42
- Catholics per priest
- 6,952
- Extent
- 18,574 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Aldemiro Sena dos Santos
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 São Pedro stands in Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Catedral Santo Antônio.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of São Salvador da Bahia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlagoinhasAlagoinhas
- Diocese of AmargosaAmargosa
- Diocese of CamaçariCamaçari
- Diocese of EunápolisEunápolis
- Diocese of IlhéusIlhéus
- Archdiocese of São Salvador da BahiaSão Salvador da Bahia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Spanning the cities of Teixeira de Freitas and Caravelas, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Taxensis-Carabellensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.
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].