Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Pelotas, Diocese of

PELOTAS, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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PELOTAS, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

It has an area of 43,757 sq. km., with a population of 600,000 inhabitants, of whom 480,000 are Catholics; it has 24 parishes served by 24 diocesan priests and 63 regulars, a seminary; 11 male religious communities and 33 female (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 314). The diocese was created by Pope Pius X with the bull Praedecassorum nostrorum of 15 Aug. 1910, as a suffragan of Porto Alegre. The first bishop was Msgr. F. de Campos Barreto (1910-20). The Cathedral is dedicated to St. Francis of Paola.

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. B. Lehmann, O Brasil Católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 271-74.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), col. 1093.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Pelotas, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 1093. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pelotas-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Pelotas, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1093. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pelotas-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec9_pelotas_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Pelotas, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1093},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pelotas-diocesi-di}
}

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