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Diocese of Bagé

Dioecesis Bagensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Cleonir Paulo Dalbosco, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop
  • Gílio Felício, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 June 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pelotas
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio Grande do Sul
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 36,121 (13,951 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 3
  • Mailing Address: C.P. 270, Rua Marcilio Dias 1586, 96400-200 Bage, RS, Brazil
  • Telephone: (053)3242-4772
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 June 1960ErectedDiocese of Pelotas (Bagé, Lavras do Sul, and Pinheiro Machado)
Diocese of Uruguaiana (Cacequi, Dom Pedrito, General Vargas, Rosario do Sul, Santana do Livramento, and Sao Gabriel)
Diocese of Bagé (erected)
19 June 1972Territory LostDiocese of Bagé (Mata and Sao Vincente do Sul) Diocese of Santa Maria
12 December 1997Territory LostDiocese of Bagé (Santa Maria de Victoriis (in Cacequi) and Saint Rita (in Laranjeiras)) Diocese of Santa Maria
13 April 2011Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Bagé (from Porto Alegre)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1960294,690.0%16193503911ap1967
1970304,800358,40085.0%2121427,25712715115ap1971
1976352,000382,00092.1%1919389,26323218515ap1977
1980375,000395,80094.7%20163610,41623612518ap1981
1990382,000420,00091.0%18153311,57512611717ap1991
1999308,000385,00080.0%1915349,0581259016ap2000
2000312,000390,00080.0%2015358,9141268816ap2001
2001304,146380,18380.0%1915348,9451338716ap2002
2002312,073390,09280.0%1914339,4561308716ap2003
2003312,073390,09280.0%2014349,1781268116ap2004
2004312,073390,09280.0%16153110,0661287416ap2005
2006335,000419,00080.0%20133310,1511197316ap2007
2012365,000456,00080.0%2092912,5861146616ap2013
2015374,000468,00079.9%2283012,4661104416ap2016
2018382,910479,65079.8%21133411,2621175016ap2019
2020388,500487,10079.8%22133511,1001162616ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 53, Page 144, to Page 146
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 103, Page 439, and Page 440

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