Diocese of Vacaria
The Diocese of Vacaria 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.
History
- 8 September 1934: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vacaria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
- 18 January 1957: Promoted as Diocese of Vacaria
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Bishops of Vacaria
- * Bishop Silvio Guterres Dutra
- * Bishop Irineu Gassen, OFM
- * Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S.
- * Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap
- * Bishop Henrique Gelain
- * Bishop Augusto Petró, appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul
- Prelate of Vacaria
- * Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, OFMCap, appointed Auxiliary bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Coadjutor bishops
- Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap
- Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S.