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Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul

Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 17 July 1991
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santa Maria
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio Grande do Sul
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 10,730 (4,144 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 3
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Moron 1007, 96508-031 Cachoeira do Sul, RS, Brazil
  • Telephone: (051)3722-1875
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
17 July 1991ErectedDiocese of Santa Maria (Agudo, Arroios do Tigre, Caçapava do Sul, Cachoeira do Sul, Cerro Branco, Ibarama, Paraiso do Sul, Santana da Boa Vista, Segredo, and Sobradinho) Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul (erected)
13 April 2011Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Cachoeira do Sul (from Porto Alegre)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999177,000210,00084.3%219305,9005176012ap2000
2000180,000213,00084.5%249335,4543154812ap2001
2001171,666203,73984.3%216276,3583104813ap2002
2002170,650209,76081.4%176237,4193114813ap2003
2003143,327204,75370.0%198275,3083165613ap2004
2004143,327204,75370.0%177245,9713155613ap2005
2006145,700209,00069.7%178255,8283132713ap2007
2012168,396227,00074.2%176237,32173813ap2013
2013169,300229,00073.9%186247,054792013ap2014
2016173,800234,90074.0%204247,2411751813ap2017
2019177,350240,80073.7%236296,1151771713ap2020
2021180,100244,60073.6%225276,6701781313ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 83, Page 916, and Page 917
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 103, Page 441, and Page 442

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