Archdiocese of Pelotas
| Archdiocese of Pelotas | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Jacinto Bergmann |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Jayme Henrique Chemello |
| Vicar General | Mário Prebíanca |
| founding | 1910 |
| surface | 20,594 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 628,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 364,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 58% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,465 |
| Permanent deacons | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 149 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | St. Francis of Paola |
| Website | http://diocese.pelotas.tche.br |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Bagé Diocese of Rio Grande |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pelotas ( Latin Archidioecesis Pelotensis , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Pelotas ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Pelotas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
history
The diocese of Pelotas was established on August 10, 1910 by Pope Pius X with the Apostolic Constitution Praedecessorum Nostrorum from territorial cessions of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On June 25, 1960, the diocese of Pelotas gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Bagé . Another assignment of territory took place on May 27, 1971 to establish the diocese of Rio Grande .
On April 13, 2011 it was by Pope Benedict XVI. raised to the archbishopric with the seat of a metropolitan .
Bishops of Pelotas
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- Francisco de Campos Barreto , 1911–1920, then Bishop of Campinas
- Joaquim Ferreira de Melo , 1921-1940
- Antônio Zattera , 1942-1977
- Jayme Henrique Chemello , 1977-2009
- Jacinto Bergmann , since 2009
