Diocese of Erexim
Ereximen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Erexim, Brazil
The Diocese of Erexim is a Latin Church see seated in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, established in 1971 from the Diocese of Passo Fundo. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo and led by Bishop Adimir Antônio Mazali.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1971
- Latin
- Ereximen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001369
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 168,381
- Population
- 213,005
- Catholic share
- 79.1%
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 3,368
- Extent
- 5,586 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Adimir Antônio Mazali
- Born
- 16 May 1966
- Birthplace
- Corbélia
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saint Joseph stands in Erexim, 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.
The province of Passo Fundo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Frederico WestphalenFrederico Westphalen
- Archdiocese of Passo FundoPasso Fundo
- Diocese of VacariaVacaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erechim serves as the episcopal see of this Latin Church diocese in Brazil, the Diocese of Erechim (Latin: Dioecesis Ereximensis). As the Diocese of Erexim, it stands as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].