Suffragan diocese São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil
Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Cachoëiren(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese on the Rio Negro in Amazonas state, Brazil, with the highest percentage of indigenous population of any Brazilian diocese. Established 1 May 1925 as the Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro, elevated to a diocese 30 October 1980 and renamed Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira in 1981; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus. Its cathedral is the Catedral Sao Gabriel.
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- Established
- 1925
- Catholics
- 56,000
- Priests
- 25
- Territory
- 286,866 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church 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
- Raimundo Vanthuy Neto
- Born
- 10 May 1973
- Birthplace
- Pau dos Ferros
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The cathedral
Catedral Sao Gabriel stands in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, 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
Seated in the city of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Cachoëirensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Manaus. Its bishop is Mgr Edson Taschetto Damian, named on March 4th, 2009 and blessed on May 24th, 2009.