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Roman Catholic Diocese of Vacaria

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vacaria

Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Brazil

The Diocese of Vacaria (Latin: Dioecesis Vaccariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Vacaria. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.

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History

  • 8 September 1934: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vacaria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
  • 18 January 1957: Promoted as Diocese of Vacaria

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Bishops of Vacaria
    • Bishop Silvio Guterres Dutra (2018.05.09 - present)
    • Bishop Irineu Gassen, OFM (2008.05.28 – 2018.05.09)
    • Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (2003.11.12 – 2007.07.03)
    • Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap (1986.02.05 – 2003.11.12)
    • Bishop Henrique Gelain (1964.03.28 – 1986.02.05)
    • Bishop Augusto Petró (1958.05.16 – 1964.03.12), appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Prelate of Vacaria
    • Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, OFMCap (1936.06.27 – 1957.01.18), appointed Auxiliary bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

Coadjutor bishops

  • Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap (1983-1986)
  • Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (2003)

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