BARRA DO RIO GRANDE, DIOCESE of. — In Brazil, State of Bahia, erected as a diocese on 20 October 1913 with 19 parishes of the archdiocese of S. Salvatore di Bahia, of which it was made a suffragan. The cathedral is dedicated to s. Francesco d'Assisi, patron of the diocese. There are approximately 300,000 Catholics, divided among 20 parishes.
BIBL. AAS. 5 (1913), p. 548; 7 (1915), p. 228; 27 (1935), p. 273; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico, Guiz de Fora 1947, pp. 27–29. Giovanni Meseguer