Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
Diocese of Frederico Westphalen | |
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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