Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
| Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santa Maria |
| Diocesan bishop | Aloísio Alberto Dilli OFM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Aloísio Sinésio Bohn |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 15,691 km² |
| Parishes | 51 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 625,490 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 488,300 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 78.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 61 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,630 |
| Permanent deacons | 22 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 148 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São João Batista Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.mitrascs.com.br/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul ( Latin Dioecesis Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia , Portuguese Diocese de Santa Cruz do Sul ) is one in Brazil located Roman Catholic Diocese with Bishop based in Santa Cruz do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
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history
The diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul was on June 20, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem Servatoris from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On April 13, 2011, the diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Santa Maria as a suffragan.
Bishops of Santa Cruz do Sul
- Alberto Frederico Etges , 1959–1986
- Aloísio Sinésio Bohn , 1986-2010
- Canísio Klaus , 2010–2016, then Bishop of Sinop
- Aloísio Alberto Dilli OFM , since 2016