The Diocese of Uruguaiana () is a

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of the

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state,

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. It is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Santa Maria. Its

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is Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana, dedicated to

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, in

Uruguaiana Uruguaiana is a city and municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located on the eastern shore of the Uruguay River bordering Argentina. Opposite to Uruguaiana, and joined to it by a road/railway bridge, lies the Argentin ...

History

* Established on 15 August 1910 Diocese of Uruguaiana / Uruguaianenv(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande (now Archdiocese) * Lost territory repeatedly: on 25 June 1960 to establish Diocese of Bagé, on 22 May 1961 to establish Diocese of Santo Angelo, in 2001 to the Diocese of Santo Angelo.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 365,000 Catholics (74.5% of 490,000 total) on in 16 parishes and 286 missions with 26 priests (23 diocesan, 3 religious), 63 lay religious (9 brothers, 54 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Brazilians and

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) * Hermeto José Pinheiro (12 May 1911 - 3 November 1941) * Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista : 10 June 1944 (appointed) - 5 January 1954), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (5 January 1954 – 12 March 1960);

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(Brazil) (12 March 1960 – 11 October 1966), last Archbishop Military Vicar of

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(Brazil) (11 October 1966 – 15 February 1984), first Archbishop Military Ordinary of

(Brazil) (21 July 1986 – retired 31 October 1990), died 2001. * Luiz Felipe de Nadal (9 May 1955 - death 1 July 1963) * Augusto Petró (12 March 1964 - retired 5 July 1995), died 2008; previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (16 May 1958 – 12 March 1964) *

Pedro Ercílio Simon Pedro Ercílio Simon (9 September 1941 – 1 June 2020) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop. He was born in Brazil, and ordained to his denomination’s priesthood in 1965. He served in succession as * (1990 to 1995) coadjutor bishop ...

(5 July 1995 - 16 September 1998), previously Coadjutor Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (24 October 1990 – 5 July 1995); next next

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) succeeding as (last Suffragan) Bishop of Passo Fundo (19 May 1999 – 13 April 2011), (see)promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of

(13 April 2011 – retired 11 July 2012) * Ângelo Domingos Salvador (26 May 1999 - retired 27 June 2007), previously

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of Selia (16 March 1981 – 16 May 1986) as

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of Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (16 March 1981 – 16 May 1986),

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(Brazil) (16 May 1986 – 17 July 1991), Bishop of

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(Brazil) (17 July 1991 – 26 May 1999) * Aloísio Alberto Dilli (27 June 2007 - 13 July 2016), next Bishop of

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(Brazil) (13 July 2016 – date) *

José Mário Scalon Angonese His Excellency, The Most Reverend, Monsignor. Dom. José Mário Scalon Angonese (born 1 June 1960) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He is the fifth Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel ...

(31 May 2017 – 2 May 2024) * Clésio Facco, S.A.C. (28 May 2025 – present) It has had no auxiliary bishops.

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