Diocese of Erexim, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Erexim / Ereximen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Passo Fundo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Frederico Westphalen (←), Chapecó (↑), Joaçaba (↗), Vacaria (→), Passo Fundo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.05.27: Established as Diocese of Erexim / Ereximen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passo Fundo and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Passo Fundo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.04.15 – ...):

Bishop Adimir Antônio Mazali (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Erexim (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adimir Antônio Mazali (59)
(2020.04.15 – ...)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil)

Sal terræ et lux mundi

Born:	1966.05.16 (Corbélia, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.06.20

Priest of Cascavel (Brazil) (1992.05.05 – 2020.04.15)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (2020.04.15 – ...)

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (69)
(2012.06.06 – 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 Girônimo Zanandréa
(1994.01.26 – 2012.06.06)

Ut Vitam Habeant

Born:	1936.06.09 (São Valentim, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1964.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.17
Died:	2019.11.03 (Erexim, RS, Brazil † 83)

Coadjutor Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (1987.11.16 – 1994.01.26)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (1994.01.26 – 2012.06.06)

Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann
(1971.05.27 – 1994.01.26)

Messis in semine

Born:	1919.06.24 (São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.10
Died:	1998.06.27 (Erechim, RS, Brazil † 79)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (1962.03.26 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 1994.01.26)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa (1987.11.16 – 1994.01.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São José, Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (32)

Frederico Westphalen (←), Chapecó (↑), Joaçaba (↗), Vacaria (→), Passo Fundo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,586 km²

Population: 185,000 Catholics (79.7% of 232,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes, 430 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (46 diocesan, 4 religious), 24 deacons, 93 religious (27 brothers, 66 sisters), 4 seminarians