Roman Catholic Diocese of Vacaria

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Diocese of Vacaria

Dioecesis Vaccariensis
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Cathedral of Our Lady
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Passo Fundo
Statistics
Area15,932 km2 (6,151 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
199,500
181,300 (90.9%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established8 September 1934 (90 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora da Oliveira
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Silvio Guterres Dutra
Metropolitan Archbishop Rodolfo Luís Weber
Bishops emeritusOrlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap
Irineu Gassen, OFM
Map
Diocese de Vacaria.svg
Jurisdiction of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.

The Diocese of Vacaria (Latin : Dioecesis Vaccariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Vacaria. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.

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History

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Coadjutor bishops

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