Diocese of Osório, Brazil

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Osório / Osorien(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Porto Alegre

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Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 10 (2000)

1999.11.10: Established as Diocese of Osório / Osorien(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and Diocese of Caxias do Sul and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)

Bishop (2006.11.15 – ...):

Bishop Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. (68)

Bishops of Osório (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Pedro Kohl, P.S.D.P. (68)
(2006.11.15 – ...)

Bishop of Osório (Brazil)

Bishop of Osório (Brazil) (2006.11.15 – ...)

Bishop Thadeu Gomes Canellas (93)
(1999.11.10 – 2006.11.15)

Bishop emeritus of Osório (Brazil)

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1956.02.25 – 1983.11.19)

Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (1983.11.19 – 1999.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1983.11.19 – 1999.11.10)

Bishop of Osório (Brazil) (1999.11.10 – 2006.11.15)

Area: 6,120 km²

Population: 268,000 Catholics (84.5% of 317,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 34 priests (31 diocesan, 3 religious), 7 deacons, 32 religious (3 brothers, 29 sisters), 7 seminarians