Diocese of Vacaria Dioecesis Vaccariensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Passo Fundo |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,932 km2 (6,151 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 199,500 181,300 (90.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 8 September 1934 (90 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Oliveira |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Silvio Guterres Dutra |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Rodolfo Luís Weber |
Bishops emeritus | Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap Irineu Gassen, OFM |
Map | |
Jurisdiction of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink. |
The Diocese of Vacaria (Latin: Dioecesis Vaccariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Vacaria. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.