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Suffragan diocese Osório, Brazil

Diocese of Osório

Osorien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Osório is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, created in 1999 from territory of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and the Diocese of Caxias do Sul. It is led by Bishop Jaime Pedro Kohl, appointed in 2006.

On the map

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

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Established
1999
Catholics
275,000
Priests
32
Territory
6,210 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jaime Pedro Kohl
Born
12 December 1954
Birthplace
Poço das Antas
Institute
POVERI SERVI DELLA DIVINA PROVVIDENZA (DON CALABRIA) (P.S.D.P.)

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Osório, 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 Osório (Latin: Dioecesis Osoriena) takes its seat in the city of Osório within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre.

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