Diocese of Vacaria

The Diocese of Vacaria () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Vacaria. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.

History

• 8 September 1934: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vacaria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
• 18 January 1957: Promoted as Diocese of Vacaria

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Bishops of Vacaria
• Bishop Silvio Guterres Dutra (2018.05.09 - present)
• Bishop Irineu Gassen, OFM (2008.05.28 – 2018.05.09)
• Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (2003.11.12 – 2007.07.03)
• Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap (1986.02.05 – 2003.11.12)
• Bishop Henrique Gelain (1964.03.28 – 1986.02.05)
• Bishop Augusto Petró (1958.05.16 – 1964.03.12), appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul

• Prelate of Vacaria
• Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, OFMCap (1936.06.27 – 1957.01.18), appointed Auxiliary bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

Coadjutor bishops

• Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap (1983-1986)
• Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (2003)

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy