Roman Catholic Diocese of Erexim

On May 27, 1971, it was established as the Diocese of Erexim from the then-Diocese of Passo Fundo. On Wednesday, June 6, 2012, it was made known by the Vatican News Service that Pope Benedict XVI had appointed the Father Jose Gilson, O.F.M. Cap., who until then had been serving as the Definitor General of the Orders of Friors Minor Capuchins in Rome, Italy, as the third Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erexim in Erexim, Brazil, a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Passo Fundo, Brazil.It was arranged that he would be ordained to the episcopacy and installed as Bishop of Erexim. He succeeds Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa, whose resigned upon reaching the age of 75, at which all bishops must offer their resignation.[1][2]

In June 26, 2019, Bishop Jose Gilson was transferred to head the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Sul, while in April 2020, Pope Francis appointed Adimir Antônio Mazali as new Diocesan Bishop.

The Diocese of Erexim has an area of 5,586 (unit unspecified), a total population of 211,685, a Catholic population of 168,800, 64 priests, 15 permanent deacons, and 133 religious).

• Bishops of Erexim (Roman rite)
  • Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann (1971.05.27 - 1994.01.26)
  • Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann (1971.05.27 - 1994.01.26)
  • Bishop Girônimo Zanandréa (1994.01.26 – 2012.06.06)
  • Bishop Jose Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (2012.06.06 - 2019.06.26), appointed Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Bishop Adimir Antônio Mazali (2020.04.15- Present)

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