Archdiocese of Santa Maria
| Archdiocese of Santa Maria | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Helio Adelar Rubert |
| Vicar General | Atayde Pedro Busanello |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 20,278 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 558,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 419,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 75.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 48 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,708 |
| Permanent deacons | 15 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 108 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 447 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Imaculada Conceição |
| address | CP 17 Rua Silva Jardim 2038 97001-970 Santa Maria, RS Brazil |
| Website | www.diocesesantamaria.org.br |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul Diocese of Cruz Alta Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul Diocese of Santo Ângelo Diocese of Uruguaiana |
The Archdiocese of Santa Maria ( Latin Archidioecesis Sanctae Mariae , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Santa Maria ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Santa Maria in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil .
The diocese was founded on August 15, 1910 by Pope Pius X. from what was then the diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande , today's Archdiocese of Porto Alegre; the first bishop was Miguel de Lima Valverde . Territories have been given up several times to establish dioceses, such as Passo Fundo (1951), Frederico Westphalen (1961), Cruz Alta (1971) and Cachoeira do Sul (1991).
On April 13, 2011 it was by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the archbishopric with the seat of a metropolitan .
Ordinaries
- Bishops
- Miguel de Lima Valverde (1911-1922)
- Ático Eusébio da Rocha (1922–1928), later Bishop of Cafelândia
- Antônio Reis (1931-1960)
- Luís Victor Sartori (1960–1970)
- Érico Ferrari (1971–1973)
- José Ivo Lorscheiter (1974-2004)
- Archbishops
- Hélio Adelar Rubert (since 2004)
