CAXIAS, Diocese of. - In Brazil; State of Rio Grande do Sul. Erected on 8 Sept. 1934, by division from the archdiocese of Porto Alegre, of which it is a suffragan.
It lies in a region colonized by Italian emigrants, and is the largest wine-producing center in Brazil; it covers an area of 12,416 sq. km., with a population of 220,000 inhabitants, of whom 216,000 are Catholics, distributed among 41 parishes. The secular clergy consists of 53 diocesan priests and 60 regulars (Franciscans, Capuchins, Scalabrinians, Passionists, Josephites). The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles, the Sisters of St. Joseph and those of the Heart of Mary of Our Lady of the Apparition, and the Pallottines together direct 15 girls' colleges, 6 hospitals, an orphanage, a parish school and a novitiate. Titular of the cathedral and of the diocese: St. Teresa. The diocesan seminarians pursue their studies at the central seminary of St. Leopoldo.
Bibliography2 worksAAS. 28 (1935), p. 339; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico, 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 103-108.
BIBL.: AAS. 28 (1935), p. 339; J. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico, 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 103-108.
Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Caxias, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1222. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/caxias-diocesi-di.
MLA
Cesar, de Lima Maurilio. “Caxias, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1222. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/caxias-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_caxias_diocesi_di,
author = {Cesar, de Lima Maurilio},
title = {Caxias, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {1222},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/caxias-diocesi-di}
}
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