Roman Catholic Diocese of Itapetininga

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Diocese of Itapetininga
Dioecesis Itapetiningensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Sorocaba
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 1,870 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
635,000 (2004)
546,000 (86.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
Ordinaries
Bishop: Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itapetininga {Latin: Itapetiningen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Itapetininga in the Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • April 15, 1998: Established as Diocese of Itapetininga from the Diocese of Itapeva and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sorocaba

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Itapetininga (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Gorgônio Alves da Encarnação Neto, C.R. (April 15, 1998 – present)

[edit] References

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