Diocese of Erexim
Ereximen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Erexim, Brazil
The Diocese of Erexim is a Latin Church see seated in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, established in 1971 from the Diocese of Passo Fundo. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo and led by Bishop Adimir Antônio Mazali.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1971
- Latin
- Ereximen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001369
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 168,381
- Population
- 213,005
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.1%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 3,368
- Extent
- 5,586 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Adimir Antônio Mazali
- Born
- 16 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Corbélia
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
Cathedral of Saint Joseph stands in Erexim, 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 Passo Fundo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Frederico WestphalenFrederico Westphalen
- Archdiocese of Passo FundoPasso Fundo
- Diocese of VacariaVacaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erechim serves as the episcopal see of this Latin Church diocese in Brazil, the Diocese of Erechim (Latin: Dioecesis Ereximensis). As the Diocese of Erexim, it stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.
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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.