Roman Catholic Diocese of Vacaria

The Diocese of Vacaria (Dioecesis Vaccariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Vacaria. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.

History

 * 8 September 1934: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vacaria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
 * 18 January 1957: Promoted as Diocese of Vacaria

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

 * Bishops of Vacaria
 * Bishop Silvio Guterres Dutra (2018.05.09 - present)
 * Bishop Irineu Gassen, OFM (2008.05.28 – 2018.05.09)
 * Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (2003.11.12 – 2007.07.03)
 * Bishop Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap (1986.02.05 – 2003.11.12)
 * Bishop Henrique Gelain (1964.03.28 – 1986.02.05)
 * Bishop Augusto Petró (1958.05.16 – 1964.03.12), appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul


 * Prelate of Vacaria
 * Bishop Cândido Julio Bampi, OFMCap (1936.06.27 – 1957.01.18), appointed Auxiliary bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul

Coadjutor bishops

 * Orlando Octacílio Dotti, OFMCap (1983-1986)
 * Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. (2003)