The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul ( la, Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis) is a suffragan
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Santa Maria in southern
Brazil
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.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to
Our Lady of Conception, in the city of
Cachoeira do Sul
Cachoeira do Sul () is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southernmost Brazil.
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,
Rio Grande do Sul
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state.
History
* Established on 17 July 1991 as Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul, on territory split off from the
Diocese of Santa Maria
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(which became its Metropolitan).
Statistics
As per 2015, it pastorally served 173,800 Catholics (74.0% of 234,900 total) on 10,730 km
2 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
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)
;''Suffragan Bishops of Cachoeira do Sul''
*
Ângelo Domingos Salvador,
Order of Capuchin Friars Minor
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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1991.07.17 – 1999.05.26); previously
Titular Bishop
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of
Selia (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
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History
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(Brazil) (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16),
Bishop-Prelate
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of
Territorial Prelature of Coxim (Brazil) (1986.05.16 – 1991.07.17); later Bishop of
Uruguaiana
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bordering Argentina. Opposite to Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of P ...
(Brazil) (1999.05.26 – retirement 2007.06.27)
*
Irineu Silvio Wilges
Irineau Silvio Wilges (3 October 1936 – 17 November 2022) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate.
Wilges was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
...
,
Order of Friars Minor
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(O.F.M.) (2000.06.14 – retired 2011.12.28)
*
RemÃdio José Bohn
RemÃdio José Bohn (21 May 1950 – 6 January 2018) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Bohn was ordained to the priesthood in 1975. He served as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre ( la, Archidi ...
(2011.12.28 - death 2018.01.06); previously Titular Bishop of
Uchi Maius
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(2006.01.18 – 2011.12.28) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2006.01.18 – 2011.12.28)
*
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(2019.05.22 - present)
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil
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Sources and References
GCatholic.org, with Google map data for all sections
official Diocesan website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Santa Maria
Roman Catholic dioceses established in 1991
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1991 establishments in Brazil
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