Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Barra do Rio Grande, Diocese of

BARRA DO RIO GRANDE, DIOCESI DI

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BARRA DO RIO GRANDE, DIOCESE OF. - In Brazil, State of Bahia, erected as a diocese on 20 Oct. 1913 with 19 parishes of the archdiocese of St. Salvador of Bahia, of which it was made a suffragan. The cathedral is dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, patron of the diocese. Catholics number about 300,000, divided into 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

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 893.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Barra Do Rio Grande, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 893. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/barra-do-rio-grande-diocesi-di.

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Meseguer, Giovanni. “Barra Do Rio Grande, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 893. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/barra-do-rio-grande-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Meseguer, Giovanni},
  title     = {Barra Do Rio Grande, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {893},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/barra-do-rio-grande-diocesi-di}
}

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