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Diocese of Bonfim

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in northeastern Brazil.

History
• April 6, 1933: Established as Diocese of Bonfim, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia • It lost territory thrice : on 1959.11.14 to establish the Diocese of Ruy Barbosa, on 1962.07.22 to establish the Diocese of Juazeiro and on 1971.09.14 to establish the Diocese of Paulo Afonso. == Statistics ==
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 ==
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Latin Rite natives) :Suffragan Bishops of BonfimHugo Bressane de Araújo (1935.12.19 – 1940.09.19), next Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1940.09.19 – 1951.09.03), Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1951.09.03 – 1954.10.07), finally Archbishop-Bishop of Diocese of Marilia (Brazil) (1954.10.07 – retired 1975.04.23), died 1988 • Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1941.03.29 – 1948.05.15); next last suffragan Bishop of Botucatu (Brazil) (1948.05.15 – 1958.04.19), (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (1958.04.19 – 1968.03.27), retired as Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo (1968.03.27 – 1971.03.16), died 1974 • José Alves de Sà Trindade (1948.09.04 – 1956.05.27), next Bishop of Montes Claros (Brazil) (1956.05.27 – retired 1988.06.01), died 2005 • Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro (1957.03.07 – death 1972.12.23), previously Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina (1950.01.31 – 1957.03.07) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1950.01.31 – 1957.03.07) • Jairo Rui Matos da Silva (1974.01.11 – retired 2006.07.26), died 2007 • Francisco Canindé Palhano (2006.07.26 – 2018.01.03), next Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil) (2018.01.03 – ...) • Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S. (2019.09.15 - ... ) == Sources and References ==
Sources and References
• GCatholic.org, data for all sections • Catholic Hierarchy • Diocesan official website (Portuguese)
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