Diocese of Caxias do Sul
Caxien(sis) Australis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Diocese of Caxias do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap., has led the see since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1934
- Latin
- Caxien(sis) Australis
- Patron
- Santa Teresa d'Ávila (Saint Teresa of Ávila)
- Annuario code
- 001001085
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 910,000
- Population
- 1,011,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 141
- Catholics per priest
- 6,454
- Extent
- 11,034 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 82
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
- José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap.
- Born
- 23 February 1957
- Birthplace
- Ibirama
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI (O.F.M. Cap.)
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 Santa Teresa d'Ávila stands in Caxias 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 Porto Alegre
A suffragan of Porto Alegre.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MontenegroMontenegro
- Diocese of Novo HamburgoNovo Hamburgo
- Diocese of OsórioOsório
- Archdiocese of Porto AlegrePorto Alegre
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Caxias do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Caxiensis Australis) is a Latin Church see located in the city of Caxias do Sul, within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre in Brazil. On Wednesday, 16 June 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, CS, until then auxiliary bishop to the Archbishop of Porto Alegre, as Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul with the right to succeed Bishop Moretto.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.