Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna

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History

• Established on 7 November 1978 as Diocese of Itabuna, on territory split off from the Diocese of Ilhéus.
• Lost territory on 1996.06.12 to establish the Diocese of Eunápolis.

  Episcopal ordinaries

• Homero Leite Meira, next Bishop of Irecê , died 2014
• Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, Carmelite Order ; previously Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia as Auxiliary Bishop of Maceió , then Bishop of Caetité ; died 2002
• Paulo Lopes de Faria ; previously Titular Bishop of Thelepte as Auxiliary Bishop of Niterói ; later Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina , succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina ; died 2009
• Czesław Stanula, Redemptorists ; previously Bishop of Floresta ; died 2020
• Carlos Alberto dos Santos, previously Bishop of Teixeira de Freitas–Caravelas .