The Diocese of Uruguaiana ( la, Dioecesis Uruguaianensis) is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
diocese of the
Catholic Church in
Rio Grande do Sul
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state,
Brazil. It is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province of the
metropolitan
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Archdiocese of Santa Maria
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.
Its
cathedra
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episcopal see
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is Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana, dedicated to
St. Anne
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, in
Uruguaiana.
History
* Established on 15 August 1910 Diocese of Uruguaiana / Uruguaianenv(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then
Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre ( la, Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropo ...
(now Archdiocese)
* Lost territory repeatedly: on 25 June 1960 to establish
Diocese of Bagé, on 22 May 1961 to establish
Diocese of Santo Angelo
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
, in 2001 to the
Diocese of Santo Angelo
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 365,000 Catholics (74.5% of 490,000 total) on in 16 parishes and 286 missions with 26 priests (23 diocesan, 3 religious), 63 lay religious (9 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Brazilians and
Latin rite)
* Hermeto José Pinheiro (12 May 1911 - 3 November 1941)
* Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista : 10 June 1944 (appointed) - 5 January 1954), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Diamantina
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(Brazil) (5 January 1954 – 12 March 1960);
Archbishop-Bishop of
BrasÃlia (Brazil) (12 March 1960 – 11 October 1966), last
Archbishop Military Vicar
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of
Brazil (Brazil) (9 November 1963 – 21 July 1986), Metropolitan Archbishop of (see promoted)
BrasÃlia (Brazil) (11 October 1966 – 15 February 1984), first
Archbishop Military Ordinary
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of
Brazil (Brazil) (21 July 1986 – retired 31 October 1990), died 2001.
* Luiz Felipe de Nadal (9 May 1955 - death 1 July 1963)
*
Augusto Petró
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(12 March 1964 - retired 5 July 1995), died 2008; previously Bishop of
Vacaria
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(Brazil) (16 May 1958 – 12 March 1964)
*
Pedro ErcÃlio Simon (5 July 1995 - 16 September 1998), previously Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (24 October 1990 – 5 July 1995); next next
Coadjutor Bishop
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of
Passo Fundo) succeeding as (last Suffragan) Bishop of Passo Fundo (19 May 1999 – 13 April 2011), (see)promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of
Passo Fundo (13 April 2011 – retired 11 July 2012)
*
Ângelo Domingos Salvador,
Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (26 May 1999 - retired 27 June 2007), previously
Titular Bishop of
Selia (16 March 1981 – 16 May 1986) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
(Brazil) (16 March 1981 – 16 May 1986),
Bishop-Prelate of
Territorial Prelature of Coxim (Brazil) (16 May 1986 – 17 July 1991), Bishop of
Cachoeira do Sul
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(Brazil) (17 July 1991 – 26 May 1999)
* AloÃsio Alberto Dilli,
Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (27 June 2007 - 13 July 2016), next Bishop of
Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (13 July 2016 – date)
* José Mário Scalon Angonese (31 May 2017 – date).
It has had no auxiliary bishops.
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic.org - data for all sections
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Maria
Religious organizations established in 1910
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Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Rio Grande do Sul
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