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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Cachoeira Do Sul

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria in southern Brazil.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to Our Lady of Conception, in the city of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state.

History

  • Established on 17 July 1991 as Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul, on territory split off from the Diocese of Santa Maria (which became its Metropolitan).

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 173,800 Catholics (74.0% of 234,900 total) on 10,730 km in 13 parishes with 24 priests (20 diocesan, 4 religious), 17 deacons, 23 lay religious (5 brothers, 18 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Cachoeira do Sul

See also

Sources and References

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