Diocese of Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Caxias do Sul / Caxien(sis) Australis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Porto Alegre

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora de Caravaggio (May 26)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1934.09.08: Established as Diocese of Caxias / Caxien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
1959.04.15: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
1966.05.16: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Passo Fundo
1966.10.19: Renamed as Diocese of Caxias do Sul / Caxien(sis) Australis (Latin)
1970.11.23: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
1997.12.12: Lost territory to Diocese of Passo Fundo and Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
1999.11.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Osório

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.06.26 – ...):

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caxias do Sul (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (67)
(2019.06.26 – ...)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

In caritate diligere et servire

Born:	1957.02.23 (Ibirama, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.03

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (2012.06.06 – 2019.06.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Chapecó (Brazil) (2014.06.01 – 2014.12.03)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (2019.06.26 – ...)

Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. (81)
(2011.07.06 – 2019.06.26)

Bishop emeritus of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)

Na Igreja ninguém é estrangeiro

Born:	1943.08.26 (Piazza Brembana, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.03.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.17

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (2006.01.18 – 2010.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2006.01.18 – 2010.06.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (2010.06.16 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (2011.07.06 – 2019.06.26)

Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto
(1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)

Tudo é Graça

Born:	1936.05.25 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.01.28
Died:	2023.04.06 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil † 86)

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1961.07.02 – 1972.11.16)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1972.11.16 – 1976.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop Benedito Zorzi
(1966.10.19 – 1983.05.26)

Ut benedictionem possideatis

Born:	1908.05.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1933.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.11.30
Died:	1988.12.02 († 80)

Bishop of Ilhéus (Brazil) (1946.08.03 – 1952.06.24)

Bishop of Caxias (Brazil) (1952.06.24 – 1966.10.19)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1966.10.19 – 1983.05.26)

Bishops of Caxias (Roman Rite)

Bishop Benedito Zorzi
(1952.06.24 – 1966.10.19)

(see above)

Bishop José Baréa
(1935.09.23 – 1951.11.19)

A nossa vitória é a fé

Born:	1893.01.19 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1918.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.01.19
Died:	1951.11.19 († 58)

Bishop of Caxias (Brazil) (1935.09.23 – 1951.11.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, C.S. (81) (2010.06.16 – 2011.07.06)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Teresa d’Avila, Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (74)

Montenegro (↙), Passo Fundo (↖), Vacaria (↑), Criciúma (→), Osório (↘), Novo Hamburgo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,892 km²

Population: 910,000 Catholics (90.0% of 1,011,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 73 parishes, 862 missions

Personnel: 141 priests (87 diocesan, 54 religious), 2 deacons, 409 religious (93 brothers, 316 sisters), 9 seminarians