Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Ilhéos, Diocese of

ILHÉOS, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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Also known as: Diocese of Ilhéus; Portuguese: Ilhéus

ILHÉOS, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Bahia in Brazil, erected by Pope Pius X on 20 Oct. 1913 by dismemberment of the territory of the archdiocese of San Salvador de Bahia, of which it is a suffragan.

The diocese has an area of 57,210 sq km with 650,000 inhabitants, of whom 648,000 are Catholics. It has 37 parishes with 21 diocesan priests and 9 regulars, 1 seminary, 3 male religious communities and 3 female (1949).

Bibliography

BIBL.: Cath. Enc., Supplement, p. 389.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1626.

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Josi, Enrico. “Ilhéos, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1626. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/ilheos-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Ilhéos, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1626. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ilheos-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec6_ilheos_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Ilhéos, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1626},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ilheos-diocesi-di}
}

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