Roman Catholic Diocese of Uruguaiana
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Diocese of Uruguaiana Dioecesis Uruguaianensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santa Maria |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 38,795 km2 (14,979 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 467,000 348,000 (74.5%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 15 August 1910 (113 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Mário Scalon Angonese |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Hélio Adelar Rubert |
| Map | |
 Jurisdiction of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink. | |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Diocese of Uruguaiana (
Latin: Dioecesis Uruguaianensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Maria
.
Its
St. Anne, in Uruguaiana
.
History
- Established on 15 August 1910 Diocese of Uruguaiana / Uruguaianenv(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande(now Archdiocese)
- Lost territory repeatedly: on 25 June 1960 to establish Diocese of Santo Angelo.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 365,000 Catholics (74.5% of 490,000 total) on 35,439 km2 (13,683 sq mi) in 16 parishes and 286 missions with 26 priests (23 diocesan, 3 religious), 63 lay religious (9 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Brazilians and Latin rite)
- Hermeto José Pinheiro (12 May 1911 - 3 November 1941)
- Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista : 10 June 1944 (appointed) - 5 January 1954), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil(Brazil) (21 July 1986 – retired 31 October 1990), died 2001.
- Luiz Felipe de Nadal (9 May 1955 - death 1 July 1963)
- Augusto Petró (12 March 1964 - retired 5 July 1995), died 2008; previously Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil) (16 May 1958 – 12 March 1964)
- Passo Fundo) succeeding as (last Suffragan) Bishop of Passo Fundo (19 May 1999 – 13 April 2011), (see)promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo(13 April 2011 – retired 11 July 2012)
- Territorial Prelature of Coxim (Brazil) (16 May 1986 – 17 July 1991), Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul(Brazil) (17 July 1991 – 26 May 1999)
- Aloísio Alberto Dilli (27 June 2007 - 13 July 2016), next Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (13 July 2016 – date)
- José Mário Scalon Angonese (31 May 2017 – date).
It has had no auxiliary bishops.
See also
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Uruguayana". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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