The Diocese of Uruguaiana (Latin: Dioecesis Uruguaianensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santa Maria.

Its cathedra episcopal see is Catedral Senhora Sant’Ana, dedicated to St. Anne, in Uruguaiana.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 365,000 Catholics (74.5% of 490,000 total) on 35,439 km2 (13,683 sq mi) 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 Latin rite)

It has had no auxiliary bishops.

See also

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Uruguayana". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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