Diocese of Uruguaiana
| Diocese of Uruguaiana | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Maria |
| Diocesan bishop | José Mário Scalon Angonese |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ângelo Domingos Salvador OFMCap |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 35,439 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 502,300 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 374.200 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 74.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,592 |
| Friars | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Saint Anna |
| Website | http://www.diocesedeuruguaiana.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Uruguaiana ( Latin Dioecesis Uruguaianensis , Portuguese Diocese de Uruguaiana ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Uruguaiana, Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
The diocese was founded on August 15, 1910 by Pope Pius X from the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre . In 1960, areas were assigned to the establishment of the Diocese of Bagé and 1961 to the establishment of the Diocese of Santo Ângelo .
It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria .
Bishops
- Hermeto José Pinheiro , 1911–1941
- José Newton de Almeida Baptista , 1944–1954, then Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
- Luiz Felipe de Nadal , 1955–1963
- Augusto Petró , 1964–1995
- Pedro Ercílio Simon , 1995–1998, then coadjutor of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul
- Ângelo Domingo's Salvador OFMCap, 1999–2007
- Aloísio Alberto Dilli, OFM, 2007-2016, then Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul
- José Mário Scalon Angonese , since 2017