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Suffragan diocese Rio Grande, Brazil

Diocese of Rio Grande

Rivogranden(sis)

Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, established from the Diocese of Pelotas in 1971. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pelotas.

On the map

Esri
Rio Grande, Brazil, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1971
Catholics
211,000
Priests
24
Territory
12,270 km²

Parishes and churches

16 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
Jorge Pierozan
Born
10 August 1964
Birthplace
Vanini

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The cathedral

Catedral São Pedro stands in Rio Grande, 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

Established from the Diocese of Pelotas in 1971, the Diocese of Rio Grande (Portuguese: Diocese de Rio Grande, Latin: Dioecesis Rivograndensis) is a Roman Catholic see in the city of Rio Grande, within the Brazilian ecclesiastical province of Pelotas. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Rio Grande.