Cruz Alta diocese
| Cruz Alta diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Maria |
| Diocesan bishop | Adelar Baruffi |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jacó Roberto Hilgert |
| founding | 1971 |
| surface | 16,790 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 410,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 330,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,379 |
| Friars | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 56 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Divino Espírito Santo |
| Website | http://www.diocesecruzalta.org.br/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruz Alta ( Latin Dioecesis Crucis Altae , Portuguese Diocese de Cruz Alta ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Cruz Alta in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
history
The diocese of Cruz Alta was on May 27, 1971 by Pope Paul VI. Erected with the Apostolic Constitution Cum Christ from cession of territory by the diocese of Santa Maria and subordinated to the archdiocese of Porto Alegre as a suffragan .
Bishops of Cruz Alta
- 1971–1972 Walmor Battú Wichrowski
- 1972–1976 Nei Paulo Moretto , then coadjutor bishop of Caxias do Sul
- 1976–2002 Jacó Roberto Hilgert
- 2002–2014 Friedrich Heimler SDB
- 2014– Adelar Baruffi