Diocese of Bagé, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bagé / Bagen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pelotas

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1960.06.25: Established as Diocese of Bagé / Bagen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Pelotas and Diocese of Uruguaiana and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
1997.12.12: Gained territory from Diocese of Santa Maria
2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Pelotas

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.09.26 – ...):

Bishop Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bagé (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap. (53)
(2018.09.26 – ...)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil)

Eu vim para servir

Born:	1970.09.25 (Barros Cassal, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1999.02.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.12.01

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (2018.09.26 – ...)

Bishop Gílio Felício (74)
(2002.12.11 – 2018.06.06)

Bishop emeritus of Bagé (Brazil)

Evangelizar a Todos

Born:	1949.11.11 (Sério, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.11.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.05.03

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1979.11.11 – 1998.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Illiberi (1998.01.21 – 2002.12.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1998.01.21 – 2002.12.11)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (2002.12.11 – 2018.06.06)

Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S.
(1982.02.12 – 2002.12.11)

Omnia propter electos

Born:	1934.07.07 (Nova Bassano, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.04.18
Died:	2021.02.22 (Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil † 86)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1982.02.04 – 1982.02.12)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1982.02.12 – 2002.12.11)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (2002.12.11 – 2010.10.20)

Bishop Angelo Félix Mugnol
(1969.01.15 – 1982.02.12)

Born:	1915.12.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.04.24
Died:	1982.02.12 († 66)

Titular Bishop of Nicives (1966.02.07 – 1969.01.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil) (1966.02.07 – 1969.01.15)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1969.01.15 – 1982.02.12)

Bishop José Gomes
(1961.03.18 – 1968.07.16)

Ut diligatis invicem

Born:	1921.03.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.06.25
Died:	2002.09.19 († 81)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1961.03.18 – 1968.07.16)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (1968.07.16 – 1998.10.28)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. (1982.02.04 – 1982.02.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Sebastião, Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul

Churches by City (16)

Tacuarembó (←), Uruguaiana (↖), Santa Maria (↑), Cachoeira do Sul (↗), Santa Cruz do Sul (↗), Pelotas (→), Melo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 35,554 km²

Population: 396,000 Catholics (79.7% of 497,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (17 diocesan, 10 religious), 47 religious (12 brothers, 35 sisters), 3 seminarians