Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruy Barbosa

Diocese of Ruy Barbosa Dioecesis Ruibarbosensis Diocese de Barra
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 (65 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

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruy Barbosa (Latin: Dioecesis Ruibarbosensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ruy Barbosa, Bahia in the ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in Brazil.

History

• November 14, 1959: Established as Diocese of Ruy Barbosa from the Diocese of Barra, Diocese of Bonfim and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia.

Leadership

• Bishops of Ruy Barbosa (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Epaminondas José de Araújo (1959.12.14 – 1966.10.27), appointed Bishop of Anápolis, Goias
  • Bishop José Adelino Dantas (1967.02.20 – 1975.10.04)
  • Bishop Mathias William Schmidt, O.S.B. (1976.05.14 – 1992.05.24)
  • Bishop André de Witte (1994.06.08 – 2020.04.15)
  • Bishop Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho (2020.04.15 – ...)

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website (Portuguese) Archived 2008-04-11 at the Wayback Machine