Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul 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.
History
- Established on 17 July 1991 as Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul, on territory split off from the Diocese of Santa Maria.
Statistics
As per 2015, it pastorally served 173,800 Catholics on 10,730 km2 in 13 parishes with 24 priests, 17 deacons, 23 lay religious and 8 seminarians.Episcopal ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishops of Cachoeira do Sul- Ângelo Domingos Salvador, Order of Capuchin Friars Minor ; previously Titular Bishop of Selia as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Coxim ; later Bishop of Uruguaiana
- Irineu Silvio Wilges, Order of Friars Minor
- Remídio José Bohn ; previously Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
- Edson Batista de Mello