Roman Catholic Diocese of Uruguaiana

The Roman Catholic diocese of Uruguaiana (Latin: Dioecesis Uruguaianensis) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Maria in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.^[1] It is a

It cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana, dedicated to St. Anne, in Uruguaiana.

History

• Established on 1910.08.15 as Diocese of Uruguaiana / Uruguaianen(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande (now Archdiocese)
• Lost territory repeatedly : on 1960.06.25 to establish Diocese of Bagé, on 1961.05.22 to establish Diocese of Santo Angelo, in 2001 to the Diocese of Santo Angelo.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 365,000 Catholics (74.5% of 490,000 total) on 35,439 km² in 16 parishes and 286 missions with 26 priests (23 diocesan, 3 religious), 63 lay religious (9 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Brazilians and Latin rite)

• Hermeto José Pinheiro (12 May 1911 - death 3 November 1941)
• Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista : 10 June 1944 (appointed) - 5 January 1954), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1954.01.05 – 1960.03.12); Archbishop-Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1960.03.12 – 1966.10.11), last Archbishop Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil) (1963.11.09 – 1986.07.21), Metropolitan Archbishop of (see promoted) Brasília (Brazil) (1966.10.11 – 1984.02.15), first Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (1986.07.21 – retired 1990.10.31), died 2001.
• Luiz Felipe de Nadal (9 May 1955 - death 1 July 1963)
• Augusto Petró (12 March 1964 - retired 5 July 1995), died 2008; previously Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil) (1958.05.16 – 1964.03.12)
• Pedro Ercílio Simon (5 July 1995 - 16 September 1998), previously Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1990.10.24 – 1995.07.05); next next Coadjutor Bishop of Passo Fundo) succeeding as (last Suffragan) Bishop of Passo Fundo (1999.05.19 – 2011.04.13), (see)promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (2011.04.13 – retired 2012.07.11)
• Ângelo Domingos Salvador, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (26 May 1999 - retired 27 June 2007), previously Titular Bishop of Selia (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16), Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Coxim (Brazil) (1986.05.16 – 1991.07.17), Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil) (1991.07.17 – 1999.05.26)
• Aloísio Alberto Dilli, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (27 June 2007 - 2016.07.13), next Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (2016.07.13 – ...)
• Bishop-elect José Mário Scalon Angonese (2017.05.31 – ...).

It has had no auxiliary bishops yet.

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

References

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Catholic Hierarchy

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.