Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São Gabriel da Cachoeira / Cachoëiren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manaus

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1910.10.19: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Rio Negro / Fluminis Nigri (Latin) (from Diocese of Amazonas)
1925.05.01: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Rio Negro / Fluminis Nigri (Latin) (became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Manaus
1980.10.30: Promoted as Diocese of Rio Negro / Fluminis Nigri (Latin)
1981.10.21: Renamed as Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira / Cachoëiren(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.11.08 – ...):

Bishop Raimundo Vanthuy Neto (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Roman Rite)

Bishop Raimundo Vanthuy Neto (51)
(2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Servire in caritate et spe

Born:	1973.05.10 (Pau dos Ferros, RN, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2001.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.02.04

Priest of Roraima (Brazil) (2001.06.03 – 2023.11.08)

Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (2023.11.08 – ...)

Bishop Edson Tasquetto Damian (76)
(2009.03.04 – 2023.11.08)

Bishop emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil)

Com Jesus amar e servir

Born:	1948.03.04 (Jaguari, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.24

Priest of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1975.12.20 – 2009.03.04)

Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (2009.03.04 – 2023.11.08)

Bishop José Song Sui-Wan (宋瑞雲), S.D.B.
(2002.01.23 – 2009.03.04)

Vidimus stellam ejus in Oriente

Born:	1941.05.16 (Shanghai 上海, 上海, China)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.27
Died:	2012.11.15 (Campinas, SP, Brazil † 71)

Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (2002.01.23 – 2009.03.04)

Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B.
(1988.02.27 – 2002.01.23)

In novitate Spiritus

Born:	1926.05.08 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.27
Died:	2024.01.28 (Manaus, AM, Brazil † 97)

Coadjutor Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (1986.05.13 – 1988.02.27)

Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (1988.02.27 – 2002.01.23)

Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B.
(1981.10.21 – 1988.02.27)

Born:	1913.01.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.24
Died:	2002.01.11 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (1967.06.13 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil) (1967.06.13 – 1980.10.30)

Bishop of Rio Negro (Brazil) (1980.10.30 – 1981.10.21)

Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Brazil) (1981.10.21 – 1988.02.27)

Bishops of Rio Negro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B.
(1980.10.30 – 1981.10.21)

(see above)

Prelates of Rio Negro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B.
(1967.06.13 – 1980.10.30)

(see above)

Bishop Pedro Massa, S.D.B.
(1941.04.05 – 1967.06.13)

Born:	1880.06.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1905.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.05.01
Died:	1968.09.15 († 88)

Apostolic Administrator of Rio Negro (Brazil) (1925 – 1941.04.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1925.07.25 – 1946.10.01)

Bishop-Prelate of Rio Negro (Brazil) (1941.04.05 – 1967.06.13)

Titular Bishop of Hebron (1941.04.05 – 1968.09.15)

Fr. Pedro Massa, S.D.B. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1925 – 1941.04.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Walter Ivan de Azevedo, S.D.B. (1986.05.13 – 1988.02.27)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop João Batista Marchesi, S.D.B. (1962.05.21 – 1967.06.13)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. (1949.12.19 – 1961.08.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Gabriel, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas

Mitú (←), Inírida (↑), Puerto Ayacucho (↑), Roraima (↗), Manaus (→), Coari (↘), Tefé (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 294,598 km²

Population: 102,600 Catholics (98.1% of 104,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 25 priests (12 diocesan, 13 religious), 54 religious (23 brothers, 31 sisters), 2 seminarians