Diocese of Erexim, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

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 (58)

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

• Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa (1987.11.16 – 1994.01.26)

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