The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista () is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

located in the city of

Vitória da Conquista Vitória da Conquista is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil, that has a population of approximately 370,879 people as of 2022, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). It is the third largest city in the state of Bahia ...

in Brazil.

History

* 27 July 1957: Established as Diocese of Vitória da Conquista from the

Diocese of Amargosa The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa () is a diocese located in the city of Amargosa in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th ...

* 16 January 2002: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista

Bishops

;Bishops of Vitória da Conquista *

Jackson Berenguer Prado Jackson may refer to: Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson South, Queensland, a locality in the Maranoa Region * Jackson oil field in Durha ...

(1958.04.16 – 1962.09.24) * Climério Almeida de Andrade (1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24) *

Celso José Pinto da Silva Celso José Pinto da Silva (29 October 1933 – 28 September 2018) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop. Pinto da Silva was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He served as titular bishop of ''Urusi'' and as auxilia ...

(1981.07.04 – 2001.02.21), appointed Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui ;Archbishops of Vitória da Conquista *

Geraldo Lyrio Rocha Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (14 March 1942 – 26 July 2023) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He served as bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Colatina, Colatina from 1990 to 2002, archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista ...

(2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais * Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, OFMCap (11 June 2008 - 9 October 2019) * Josafá Menezes da Silva (9 October 2019 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Zanoni Demettino Castro ''Zanoni'' is an 1842 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a story of love and occult aspiration. By way of framing device, the author says: "... It so chanced that some years ago, in my younger days, whether of authorship or life, I felt the desir ...

, appointed Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo in 2007 * Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Floriano, Piaui in 2010 *

João Santos Cardoso Mons. Dom. João Santos Cardoso, (born on 3 December 1961) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He became a Metropolitan Archbishop of Natal in July 2023. He became a bishop in 2011, and served as bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Bom J ...

, appointed Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui in 2011 * Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 2014 *

José Roberto Silva Carvalho José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

, appointed Bishop of Caetité, Bahia in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa *

Diocese of Caetité In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

* Diocese of Jequié * Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora

Sources

GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil Christian organizations established in 1957 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub