Archdiocese of Porto Velho
| Archdiocese of Porto Velho | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Roque Paloschi |
| founding | 1925 |
| surface | 84,696 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 680,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 464,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 68.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 31 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,545 |
| Friars | 79 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 86 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus |
| Website | http://www.arquidiocesedeportovelho.com.br/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Guajará-Mirim Diocese of Humaitá Diocese of Ji-Paraná Territorial Prelature Lábrea |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho ( lat. : Archidioecesis Portus Veteris ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Porto Velho in the state of Rondônia .
history
The Archdiocese of Porto Velho was founded on May 1, 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Erected from territorial cession of the dioceses of Amazonas and São Luíz de Cáceres as the territorial prelature Porto Velho and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan . On March 1, 1929, the Territorial Prelature Porto Velho gave up parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature Guajará-Mirim . The territorial prelature Porto Velho was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan on February 16, 1952. On June 26, 1961, the Territorial Prelature Porto Velho gave up parts of its territory to establish the Territorial Prelature Humaitá . Another assignment of territory took place on January 3, 1978 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia .
On October 16, 1979, the territorial prelature Porto Velho was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the papal bull Cum praelaturae . The diocese of Porto Velho was elevated to an archdiocese on October 4, 1982.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Porto Velho
- João Batista Costa SDB , 1946-1979
Bishops of Porto Velho
- João Batista Costa SDB, 1979-1982
Archbishops of Porto Velho
- José Martins da Silva SDN , 1982-1997
- Moacyr Grechi OSM , 1998-2011
- Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias IdP , 2011–2015
- Roque Paloschi , since 2015