Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
| Diocese of Novo Hamburgo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Porto Alegre |
| Diocesan bishop | Zeno haste devil |
| founding | 1980 |
| surface | 3,594 km² |
| Parishes | 47 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 1,049,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 790,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 75.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 89 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 27 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,810 |
| Permanent deacons | 36 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 56 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 282 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São Luís Gonzaga |
| address | Rua Joaquim Nabuco 543 3301-970 Novo Hamburgo, RS Brazil |
| Website | www.mitranh.org.br |
The Diocese of Novo Hamburgo ( Latin Dioecesis Novohamburgensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
history
Pope John Paul II founded on February 2, 1980 with the Apostolic Constitution Cum sacer praesul ecclesia the diocese from ceded territory of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and made it subject to this as a suffragan diocese .
territory
The Diocese of Novo Hamburgo comprises the communities of Novo Hamburgo , Campo Bom , Canela , Dois Irmãos , Estância Velha , Gramado , Igrejinha , Ivoti , Nova Petrópolis , Rolante , São Leopoldo , Sapiranga , Taquara and Três Coroas of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Bishops of Novo Hamburgo
- Aloísio Sinésio Bohn (1980–1986), then Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul
- Bonaventura Kloppenburg OFM (1986–1995)
- Osvino José Both (1995–2006), then military archbishop of Brazil
- Zeno Hastenteufel (since 2007)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1979 | ? | 405,000 | ? | 102 | 35 | 67 | ? | 123 | 30th | ||
| 1990 | 425,000 | 530,000 | 80.2 | 106 | 49 | 57 | 4,009 | 1 | 122 | 386 | 37 |
| 2000 | 753.836 | 1,007,768 | 74.8 | 121 | 68 | 53 | 6.230 | 10 | 89 | 332 | 44 |
| 2001 | 860,000 | 1,051,319 | 81.8 | 121 | 69 | 52 | 7.107 | 10 | 103 | 323 | 44 |
| 2004 | 721.338 | 961.783 | 75.0 | 121 | 68 | 53 | 5,961 | 10 | 107 | 353 | 44 |
| 2013 | 790,000 | 1,049,000 | 75.3 | 116 | 89 | 27 | 6,810 | 36 | 56 | 282 | 47 |
Web links
Commons : Diocese Novo Hamburgo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo on gcatholic.org (English)
Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′ S , 51 ° 8 ′ W