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

Caetité, Diocese of

CAETITÉ, DIOCESI DI

By Maurilio Cesar de Lima

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CAETITÉ, Diocese of. - In the State of Bahia (Brazil), a suffragan of San Salvador, it occupies the central-southern part of that State, which is very rich in cotton, cocoa and livestock.

It has an area of 55,500 sq km, 43,762 inhabitants, 201 churches, 23 parishes, 20 diocesan priests, 2 religious congregations of women (1948). The titular of the cathedral is St. Anne.

Its religious history is that of the archdiocese of S. Salvador, from which it was separated on 13 Oct. 1913 by the Maius animarum bonum of Pius X.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: AAS, 5 (1913), p. 548; Anuario estadístico do Brasil 1937, Rio de Janeiro 1937, pp. 65-67; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Catolico, 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 65-67.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 281.

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Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Caetité, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 281. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caetite-diocesi-di.

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Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Caetité, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 281. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caetite-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec3_caetite_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Cesar, de Lima Maurilio},
  title     = {Caetité, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {281},
  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/caetite-diocesi-di}
}

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