Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cachoeira do Sul / Cachoëiren(sis) Australias (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Maria

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bagé (↙), Santa Maria (←), Cruz Alta (↖), Santa Cruz do Sul (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1991.07.17: Established as Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul / Cachoëiren(sis) Australias (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Santa Maria

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.22 – ...):

Bishop Edson Batista de Mello (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cachoeira do Sul (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edson Batista de Mello (61)
(2019.05.22 – ...)

Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil)

In verbo tuo

Born:	1964.12.15 (São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.12.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.08.11

Priest of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (1997.12.05 – 2019.05.22)

Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil) (2019.05.22 – ...)

Bishop Remídio José Bohn
(2011.12.28 – 2018.01.06)

Omnes fratres sumus / Todos somos irmãos

Born:	1950.05.21 (Feliz, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1975.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.17
Died:	2018.01.06 (Gravataí, RS, Brazil † 67)

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1975.11.29 – 2006.01.18)

Titular Bishop of Uchi maius (2006.01.18 – 2011.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2006.01.18 – 2011.12.28)

Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil) (2011.12.28 – 2018.01.06)

Bishop Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M.
(2000.06.14 – 2011.12.28)

Paz e alegria no Espírito Santo

Born:	1936.10.03 (Pinheiral, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.08.12
Died:	2022.11.17 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil † 86)

Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil) (2000.06.14 – 2011.12.28)

Bishop Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap.
(1991.07.17 – 1999.05.26)

Dare vitam fratribus

Born:	1932.07.17 (Segredo, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.06.14
Died:	2022.08.13 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil † 90)

Titular Bishop of Selia (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (1986.05.16 – 1991.07.17)

Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul (Brazil) (1991.07.17 – 1999.05.26)

Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil) (1999.05.26 – 2007.06.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral da Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (14)

Bagé (↙), Santa Maria (←), Cruz Alta (↖), Santa Cruz do Sul (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,730 km²

Population: 182,000 Catholics (73.5% of 247,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 26 priests (21 diocesan, 5 religious), 18 deacons, 22 religious (8 brothers, 14 sisters), 7 seminarians