Diocese of

Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas / Taxen(sis)–Carabellen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Salvador da Bahia

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13), Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (July 29)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.07.21: Established as Diocese of Caravelas / Carabellen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ilhéus and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1983.04.18: Renamed as Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas / Taxen(sis)–Carabellen(sis) (Latin)
1996.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Eunápolis

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.11.15 – ...):

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jailton de Oliveira Lino, P.S.D.P. (59)
(2017.11.15 – ...)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil)

Não vos angustieis

Born:	1965.01.28 (Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.01.13

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (2017.11.15 – ...)

Bishop Carlos Alberto dos Santos (68)
(2005.06.15 – 2017.02.01)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil)

Per Mariam ad eucharistiam

Born:	1955.10.02 (Tobias Barreto, SE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1983.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.07.26

Priest of Aracaju (Brazil) (1983.05.21 – 2005.06.15)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (2005.06.15 – 2017.02.01)

Bishop of Itabuna (Brazil) (2017.02.01 – ...)

Bishop Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap.
(1983.04.18 – 2005.06.15)

Ipse Nostra Pax

Born:	1928.04.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.06.08
Died:	2016.08.23 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Tela (1980.03.14 – 1983.04.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Teófilo Otoni (Brazil) (1980.03.14 – 1983.04.18)

Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas (Brazil) (1983.04.18 – 2005.06.15)

Bishops of Caravelas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felipe Tiago Broers, O.F.M.
(1963.05.02 – 1983.04.18)

Venite et videte

Born:	1916.07.13 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1943.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.07.25
Died:	1990.03.26 († 73)

Bishop of Caravelas (Brazil) (1963.05.02 – 1983.04.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Pedro, Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia
Co-Cathedral: Co-Catedral Santo Antônio, Caravelas, Bahia
Former Cathedral: Antiga Catedral São Pedro, Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia

Churches by City (38)

Teófilo Otoni (←), Almenara (↖), Eunápolis (↑), São Mateus (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,574 km²

Population: 353,350 Catholics (79.0% of 447,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes

Personnel: 42 priests (diocesan), 25 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.15

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