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Diocese of Vacaria
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The Diocese of Vacaria is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Originally a territorial prelature created in 1934, it was raised to a diocese in 1957 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo, led since 2018 by Bishop Sílvio Guterres Dutra.
- Bishop
- Silvio Guterres Dutra
- Latin name
- Vaccarien(sis)
- Erected
- 8 September 1934 (origins 1957)
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nossa Senhora da Oliveira
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Oliveira
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Passo Fundo (Archdiocese of Passo Fundo)
- Catholics
- 181,300
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 806, 95200-000 Vacaria, RS, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [054]3231-1597; fax 3231-3017
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Caxias do Sul 78 km
- Diocese of Lages 97 km
- Diocese of Novo Hamburgo 133 km
- Montenegro 141 km
- Diocese of Passo Fundo 146 km
- Diocese of Criciúma 154 km
Parishes near the see
- São Pedro Apóstolo · Segrego 1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Glória · Vacaria 1 km
- Nossa Senhora de Fátima · Vacaria 1 km
- São Paulo · São Paulino 7 km
- Santo Antônio · Muitos Capões 32 km
- Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora · Campestre da Serra 36 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000060 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08