Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Santa Maria |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,736 km2 (4,145 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 209,000 145,700 (69.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 17 July 1991 (33 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edson Batista de Mello |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Hélio Adelar Rubert |
Map | |
Jurisdiction of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink. | |
Website | |
www.diocesenet.com.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Cachoëirensis Australis) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria in southern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to Our Lady of Conception, in the city of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state.