Suffragan diocese Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Diocese of Caxias do Sul
Caxien(sis) Australis
Latin Church
Diocese of Caxias do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap., has led the see since 2019.
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- Established
- 1934
- Catholics
- 910,000
- Priests
- 141
- Territory
- 11,034 km²
Parishes and churches
68 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- São Pedro e São PauloTerceira LéguaView parish
- São Pelegrino e Nossa Senhora da PietáCaxias do SulView parish
- São Pio XCaxias do SulView parish
- São RomédioSão RomédioView parish
- São RoqueBento GonçalvesView parish
- São SebastiãoJaquiranaView parish
- São Tiago e Nossa Senhora de FátimaNova AraçáView parish
- São Vicente de PauloCaxias do SulView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap.
- Born
- 23 February 1957
- Birthplace
- Ibirama
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI (O.F.M. Cap.)
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The cathedral
Catedral Santa Teresa d'Ávila stands in Caxias 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
The Diocese of Caxias do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Caxiensis Australis) is a Latin Church see located in the city of Caxias do Sul, within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre in Brazil. On Wednesday, 16 June 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, CS, until then auxiliary bishop to the Archbishop of Porto Alegre, as Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul with the right to succeed Bishop Moretto.