Diocese of Ilhéus, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

1913.10.20: Established as Diocese of Ilhéus / Ilheosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1962.07.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caravelas
1978.11.07: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Itabuna

Area: 11,021 km²

Population: 568,400 Catholics (71.9% of 790,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (56 diocesan, 2 religious), 13 deacons, 27 religious (2 brothers, 25 sisters), 3 seminarians