Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bonfim is a diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana in northeastern Brazil.
Its episcopal cathedral is Catedral Senhor do Bonfim, dedicated to Our Lord, in the city of Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia state.History
As per 2015, it pastorally served 525,000 Catholics on 33,747 km² in 25 parishes with 42 priests, 68 lay religious and 15 seminarians.Episcopal ordinaries
- Hugo Bressane de Araújo, next Bishop of Guaxupé , Titular Archbishop of Cotrada as Coadjutor Archbishop of Belo Horizonte , finally Archbishop-Bishop of Diocese of Marilia , died 1988
- Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, Order of Friars Minor ; next last suffragan Bishop of Botucatu , promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu, retired as Titular Archbishop of Lilibeo, died 1974
- José Alves de Sà Trindade, next Bishop of Montes Claros , died 2005
- Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro, previously Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palæstina as Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Jairo Rui Matos da Silva, died 2007
- Francisco Canindé Palhano, next Bishop of Petrolina
- Hernaldo Pinto Farias, S.S.S.
