Diocese of Ruy Barbosa Dioecesis Ruibarbosensis Diocese de Barra | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Feira de Santana |
Metropolitan | Feira de Santana |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,169 km2 (9,718 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 445,000 357,000 (80.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 14 November 1959 (64 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Anthony in Rui Barbosa |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Zanoni Demettino Castro |
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