Diocese of

Jequié

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 18,771 km²

Population: 567,000 Catholics (86.7% of 654,000 total) (2014)

Statistics: 37 parishes, 580 missions, 54 priests (46 diocesan, 8 religious), 37 lay religious (8 brothers, 29 sisters), 18 seminarians (2014)

Ecclesiastical Province: Vitória da Conquista

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1978.11.07: Established as Diocese of Jequié / Iequiean(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Vitória da Conquista and Diocese of Amargosa)

Bishop (2012.07.04 – ...):

Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (51)

Bishops of Jequié (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ruy Gonçalves Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (51)
(2012.07.04 – ...)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (2012.07.04 – ...)

Bishop Cristiano Jakob Krapf (82)
(1978.11.07 – 2012.07.04)

Bishop emeritus of Jequié (Brazil)

Bishop of Jequié (Brazil) (1978.11.07 – 2012.07.04)

as of 2019.03.14