The Diocese of Uruguaiana ( la, Dioecesis Uruguaianensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in Rio Grande do Sul state,

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. It is a suffragan diocese in the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Maria. Its cathedra episcopal see is Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana, dedicated to St. Anne, in

Uruguaiana Uruguaiana is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the eastern shore of the Uruguay River bordering Argentina. Opposite to Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentine city of P ...

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 (now Archdiocese) * Lost territory repeatedly: on 25 June 1960 to establish Diocese of Bagé, on 22 May 1961 to establish Diocese of Santo Angelo, in 2001 to the Diocese of Santo Angelo.

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

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) * 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

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(Brazil) (5 January 1954 – 12 March 1960);

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(Brazil) (12 March 1960 – 11 October 1966), last Archbishop Military Vicar of

(Brazil) (9 November 1963 – 21 July 1986), Metropolitan Archbishop of (see promoted)

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(Brazil) (21 July 1986 – retired 31 October 1990), died 2001. * Luiz Felipe de Nadal (9 May 1955 - death 1 July 1963) * Augusto Petró (12 March 1964 - retired 5 July 1995), died 2008; previously Bishop of

Vacaria Vacaria is a municipality in the northeast of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located at a latitude of 28° 30' 44" South and a longitude of 50° 56' 02" west, with an altitude of 971 meters. Its population in 2020 wa ...

(Brazil) (16 May 1958 – 12 March 1964) *

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(5 July 1995 - 16 September 1998), previously Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (24 October 1990 – 5 July 1995); next next Coadjutor Bishop of

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) succeeding as (last Suffragan) Bishop of Passo Fundo (19 May 1999 – 13 April 2011), (see)promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of

(13 April 2011 – retired 11 July 2012) * Ângelo Domingos Salvador,

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (26 May 1999 - retired 27 June 2007), previously

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of Selia (16 March 1981 – 16 May 1986) as Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Brazil) (16 March 1981 – 16 May 1986),

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of Territorial Prelature of Coxim (Brazil) (16 May 1986 – 17 July 1991), Bishop of

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(Brazil) (17 July 1991 – 26 May 1999) * Aloísio Alberto Dilli,

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(O.F.M.) (27 June 2007 - 13 July 2016), next Bishop of

Santa Cruz do Sul Santa Cruz do Sul () is a city in central Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The city has an estimate 131,000 inhabitants as of 2020 and sits about 150 km (93 miles) from the capital city of the state, Porto Alegre. The city enjoys a high standard ...

(Brazil) (13 July 2016 – date) * José Mário Scalon Angonese (31 May 2017 – date). It has had no auxiliary bishops.

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 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Rio Grande do Sul {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub

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