Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
Cachoëiren(sis) Australis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil
The Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, established on 17 July 1991 from the Diocese of Santa Maria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria, led by Bishop Edson Batista de Mello since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 July 1991
- Latin
- Cachoëiren(sis) Australis
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001001
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 182,000
- Population
- 209,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 87.1%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 7,000
- Extent
- 10,736 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Dom Edson Batista de Mello
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Cachoeira do Sul, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Santa Maria
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Maria.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cruz AltaCruz Alta
- Diocese of Santa Cruz do SulSanta Cruz do Sul
- Archdiocese of Santa MariaSanta Maria
- Diocese of Santo ÂngeloSanto Ângelo
- Diocese of UruguaianaUruguaiana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In southern Brazil, the Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis) is a suffragan see of the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria. Its cathedral, the Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição, honors Our Lady of Conception and stands in the city of Cachoeira do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul state.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.