Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista
Victorien(sis) de Conquista
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
Vitória da Conquista is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Bahia, Brazil. Established as a diocese in 1957 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2002, it has been led since 2025 by Archbishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes. The original task labeled it a diocese, but it is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 July 1957
- Latin
- Victorien(sis) de Conquista
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
- Annuario code
- 001000125
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 542,249
- Population
- 724,619
- Catholic share
- 74.8%
- Priests
- 58
- Catholics per priest
- 9,349
- Extent
- 24,709 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 22
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
- Archbishop
- Vitor Agnaldo de Menezes
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 Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Vitórias stands in Vitória da Conquista, 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.
The province of Vitória da Conquista
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Bom Jesus da LapaBom Jesus da Lapa
- Diocese of CaetitéCaetité
- Diocese of Livramento de Nossa SenhoraLivramento de Nossa Senhora
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil is the seat of this archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista.
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].