Diocese of Amargosa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amargosa is a diocese located in the city of Amargosa in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Brazil.

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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
Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo, appointed Archbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte
João Nílton dos Santos Souza
Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos, appointed Bishop of Penedo
Juraci Gomes de Oliveira

;Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

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