Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista (Latin: Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista) is an archdiocese located in the city of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.

Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista Archidioecesis Victoriensis de Conquista
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Vitória da Conquista
Statistics
Area	24,709 km2 (9,540 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 724,619 542,249 (74.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	27 July 1957 (67 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishops emeritus	Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, OFMCap
Website
arquiconquista.org.br

History

• 27 July 1957: Established as Diocese of Vitória da Conquista from the Diocese of Amargosa
• 16 January 2002: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista

Bishops

Bishops of Vitória da Conquista

• Jackson Berenguer Prado (1958.04.16 – 1962.09.24)
• Climério Almeida de Andrade (1962.09.24 – 1981.05.24)
• Celso José Pinto da Silva (1981.07.04 – 2001.02.21), appointed Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui

Archbishops of Vitória da Conquista

• Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (2002.01.16 – 2007.04.11), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
• Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, OFMCap (11 June 2008 - 9 October 2019)
• Josafá Menezes da Silva (9 October 2019 – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Zanoni Demettino Castro, appointed Bishop of São Mateus, Espirito Santo in 2007
• Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Floriano, Piaui in 2010
• João Santos Cardoso, appointed Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui in 2011
• Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 2014
• José Roberto Silva Carvalho, appointed Bishop of Caetité, Bahia in 2016

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Bom Jesus da Lapa
• Diocese of Caetité
• Diocese of Jequié
• Diocese of Livramento de Nossa Senhora

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2002-09-24 at the Wayback Machine