Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cachoeira_do_Sul

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

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.

Quick Facts Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis, Location ...

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 km2 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

    30.0487°S 52.8905°W / -30.0487; -52.8905


    Stub icon

    This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Brazil is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
    Share this article:

    This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Cachoeira_do_Sul, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.