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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Santa Maria (Brazil) |
 | | The latter, formerly known as the See of Sao Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, was recently made an archdiocese and divided, three new sees, Pelotas, Santa Maria, and Uruguayana, being separated from it by Pius X on 15 August, 1910. |
 | | Santa Maria, containing twenty-two parishes, comprises the central and northern portions of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. |
 | | The other main centres of population are Rio Pardo, Santa Maria, Passo Fundo, and Cruz Alta. By a Decree of the S. of the Consistory, 6 Feb., 1911, Mgr. |
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