Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista

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

• Jackson Berenguer Prado
• Climério Almeida de Andrade
• Celso José Pinto da Silva, appointed Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui

• Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais
• Luís Gonzaga Silva Pepeu, O.F.M. Cap.
• Josafá Menezes da Silva

  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 n 2016

  Suffragan dioceses

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