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Suffragan diocese Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil

Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul

Cachoëiren(sis) Australis

The Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, established on 17 July 1991 from the Diocese of Santa Maria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria, led by Bishop Edson Batista de Mello since 2019.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil.

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Established
1991
Catholics
182,000
Priests
26
Territory
10,736 km²

Parishes and churches

13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Dom Edson Batista de Mello

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Cachoeira do Sul, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

In southern Brazil, the Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis) is a suffragan see of the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria. Its cathedral, the Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição, honors Our Lady of Conception and stands in the city of Cachoeira do Sul, in Rio Grande do Sul state.