Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in northeastern Brazil. Its episcopal cathedral is Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, dedicated to Our Lord, in the city of Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia state.

History

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 525,000 Catholics (80.1% of 655,197 total) on 33,747 km² in 25 parishes with 42 priests (22 diocesan, 20 religious), 68 lay religious (21 brothers, 47 sisters) and 15 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite natives)

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