Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul
| Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manaus |
| Diocesan bishop | Flávio Giovenale SDB (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mosé João Pontelo CSSp |
| founding | 1931 |
| surface | 126,633 km² |
| Parishes | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 331.420 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 209,940 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 63.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,398 |
| Friars | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 115 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória |
| address | Residência Episcopal Praça da Glória 185 69980-000 Cruzeiro do Sul, AC Brazil |
| Website | www.diocesecruzeirodosul.org |
The diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul ( Latin Dioecesis Crucis Australis , Portuguese Diocese de Cruzeiro do Sul ) is one in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Cruzeiro do Sul in the state of Acre .
history
The diocese Cruzeiro do Sul was on May 22, 1931 by Pope Pius XI. established with the papal bull Munus regendi from cession of territory of the Apostolic Prefecture Tefé as territorial prelature Juruá . On June 25, 1987, the territorial prelature Juruá was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Cum praelatura and renamed the diocese Cruzeiro do Sul . The Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Juruá
- Heinrich Ritter CSSp , 1935–1942
- Henrique Klein , 1942–1947
- José Hascher CSSp, 1947–1967
- Heinrich Rüth CSSp, 1967–1987
Bishops of Cruzeiro do Sul
- Heinrich Rüth CSSp, 1987–1988
- Luís Herbst CSSp, 1988–2001
- Mosé João Pontelo CSSp, 2001–2018
- Flávio Giovenale SDS , since 2018