Roman Catholic Diocese of Uruguaiana

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Diocese of Uruguaiana

Dioecesis Uruguaianensis
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical province Santa Maria
Statistics
Area38,795 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
Established15 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
Diocese de Uruguaiana.svg
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.

Contents

Its cathedra episcopal see is Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana, dedicated to St. Anne, in Uruguaiana.

History

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)

It has had no auxiliary bishops.

See also

Wikisource-logo.svg 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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