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Suffragan diocese Vacaria, Brazil

Diocese of Vacaria

Vaccarien(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, in Vacaria, Brazil.

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Established
1957
Catholics
181,300
Priests
59
Territory
15,932 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Silvio Guterres Dutra
Born
6 June 1966
Birthplace
Encruzilhada do Sul

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Oliveira stands in Vacaria, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Vacaria is the episcopal seat of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil (Latin: Dioecesis Vaccariensis), a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.

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