Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa (Latin: Dioecesis Amargosensis) is a diocese located in the city of Amargosa in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.

Diocese of Amargosa Dioecesis Amargosensis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	São Salvador da Bahia
Statistics
Area	13,380 km2 (5,170 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 552,042 537,000 (97.3%)
Information
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 May 1941 (84 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora do Bom Con
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop elect	Juraci Gomes de Oliveira
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sérgio da Rocha
Bishops emeritus	João Nílton dos Santos Souza

History

• 10 May 1941: Established as Diocese of Amargosa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

Leadership

Bishops of Amargosa

• Floréncio Cicinho Vieira (11 April 1942 – 11 January 1969)
• Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo (17 March 1970 – 6 April 1988), appointed Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
• João Nílton dos Santos Souza (31 August 1988 – 10 June 2015)
• Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos (1 May 2016 – 18 August 2021), appointed Bishop of Penedo
• Juraci Gomes de Oliveira (31 May 2023^[1] – present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

• Walfrido Teixeira Vieira, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia in 1961