Roman Catholic Diocese of Vacaria
Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Brazil
Diocese of Vacaria Dioecesis Vaccariensis | |
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Cathedral of Our Lady | |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Passo Fundo |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,932 km2 (6,151 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 199,500 181,300 (90.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 8 September 1934 (90 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Oliveira |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Silvio Guterres Dutra |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Rodolfo Luís Weber |
Bishops emeritus | Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap Irineu Gassen, OFM |
Map | |
Jurisdiction of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink. |
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.
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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