Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
| Archdiocese of Porto Alegre | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Jaime Spengler OFM |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Leomar Antônio Brustolin Aparecido Donizete de Souza Adilson Pedro Busin CS Darley José Kummer |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Dadeus Grings |
| Vicar General | Tarcísio Pedro Scherer |
| founding | 1848 |
| surface | 13,530 km² |
| Parishes | 156 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,480,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 2,590,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 74.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 215 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 156 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,981 |
| Permanent deacons | 59 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 341 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1.109 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus |
| Website | www.arquidiocesepoa.org.br |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Caxias do Sul Diocese of Montenegro Diocese of Novo Hamburgo Diocese of Osório |
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre ( Latin : Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul .
The first Jesuit missionaries who came to this part of Brazil from Paraguay were attested in writing around 1626. The forerunner of today's diocese is on May 7, 1848 by Pope Pius IX. founded diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande , then suffragan of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, founded in 1551 . On August 15, 1910, the diocese was renamed and raised to today's Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. Between 1910 and 2008, several dioceses were spun off from the archdiocese and subordinated to it as suffragans.
Bishops
- Feliciano José Rodrigues de Araújo Prates , 1851-1858
- Sebastião Dias Laranjeira , 1860–1888
- Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leão CM , 1890–1912
- João Batista Becker , 1912-1946
- Alfredo Vicente Scherer , 1946–1981
- João Cláudio Colling , 1981–1991
- Altamiro Rossato CSsR , 1991-2001
- Dadeus Grings , 2001-2013
- Jaime Spengler OFM , since 2013
