Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
| Diocese of Frederico Westphalen | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre |
| Diocesan bishop | Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 11,457 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 448,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 349,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5.132 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Santo Antônio |
| address | Curia Diocesana Rua do Comercio 672 98400-000 Frederico Westphalen, RS Brazil |
| Website | http://www.diocesefw.com.br/new/index.php |
The Diocese of Frederico Westphalen ( Latin Dioecesis Vestphaleniana , Portuguese Diocese de Frederico Westphalen ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Frederico Westphalen, Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
The diocese was founded on May 22nd, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. founded out of the diocese of Passo Fundo and the diocese of Santa Maria . It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre .
Bishops
- João Aloysio Hoffmann (1962–1971), later Bishop of Erexim
- Bruno Maldaner (1971-2001)
- Zeno Hastenteufel (2001-2007), later Bishop of Novo Hamburgo
- Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller , since 2008