Diocese of Vacaria
| Diocese of Vacaria | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Passo Fundo |
| Diocesan bishop | Sílvio Guterres Dutra |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Orlando Octacílio Dotti OFMCap Irineu Lanes OFM |
| founding | 1934 |
| surface | 15,844 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 232,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 209,500 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 90.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,675 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 98 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
The Diocese of Vacaria ( Latin Dioecesis Vaccariensis , Portuguese Diocese de Vacaria ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Vacaria in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul .
Pope Pius XII founded the Territorial Prelature Vacaria on September 8, 1934 with the Papal Bull Dominici Gregis from parts of the territory of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre , to which it was subordinated as a suffragan. On January 18, 1957, Pope Pius XII. the prelature with the bull Qui Vicaria Potestate to the rank of diocese. Pope Benedict XVI Subordinated the Diocese of Vacaria with effect from April 13, 2011 to the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo as a suffragan.
Bishops
- Cândido Julio Bampi OFMCap, 1936–1957, later Auxiliary Bishop in Caxias do Sul
- Augusto Petró , 1958–1964, later Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul
- Henrique Gelain , 1964-1986
- Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap, 1986-2003
- Pedro Sbalchiero Neto MS, 2003-2007
- Irineu Gassen OFM, 2008–2018
- Sílvio Guterres Dutra , since 2018
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Vacaria on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Website of the Diocese of Vacaria (CNBB) (Portuguese)