Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Santa Maria, Diocese of

SANTA MARIA, DIOCESI DI

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SANTA MARIA, Diocese of. - Suffragan of Porto Alegre, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil.

It has an area of 71,313 sq km with a population of 900,000 inhabitants, of whom 680,000 are Catholics. The diocese was created by Pope Pius X on 15 Aug. 1910, with the bull Praedecessorum nostrorum; it has 84 parishes, with 97 diocesan priests and 105 regulars. It has a minor seminary, 48 male religious communities and 83 female ones. The titular of the diocese is the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the cathedral Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.

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BIBL.: AAS, 2 (1910), pp. 681-82; Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 362; O Brasil Catolico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 313-40.

Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1828.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Santa Maria, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1828. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-maria-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Santa Maria, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1828. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-maria-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Santa Maria, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1828},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-maria-diocesi-di}
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