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(SANCTAE MARIAE).
ABrazilian see, suffragan ofPorto Alegre. The latter, formerly known as the See of Sao Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, was recently made anarchdiocese and divided, three new sees,Pelotas, Santa Maria, and Uruguayana, being separated from it byPius X on 15 August, 1910. Santa Maria, containing twenty-twoparishes, comprises the central and northern portions of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The climate is mild, the country well wooded and fertile, and there are many colonies of German and Italian emigrants among the inhabitants, who are chiefly engaged in agriculture and cattle-raising. The population is almost entirelyCatholic. The most important town is Cachoeira or the Rio Jacuhy, 120 miles west ofPorto Alegre, with which it communicates by steamboat and rail. The other main centres of population are Rio Pardo, Santa Maria, Passo Fundo, and Cruz Alta. By aDecree of the S. C. of the Consistory, 6 Feb., 1911, Mgr. Lima de Valverde was appointed firstBishop of Santa Maria.
GALANTI, Compendio de Historia de Brazil (Sao Paulo, 1896-1905).
APA citation.MacErlean, A.(1912).Santa Maria. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13458a.htm
MLA citation.MacErlean, Andrew."Santa Maria."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 13.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1912.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13458a.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph E. O'Connor.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, D.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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