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Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul

Dioecesis Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia



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Bishop(s)

  • Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F., Bishop
  • Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 June 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santa Maria
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio Grande do Sul
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 15,691 (6,060 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 3
  • Official Web Site: https://www.mitrascs.com.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Ramiro Barcellos 717, 96810-054 Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil
  • Telephone: (051)3711-3668
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 June 1959ErectedArchdiocese of Porto Alegre (Santa Cruz do Sul, Arroio do Meio, Candelaria, Encantado, Encruzilhada do Sul, Lajeado, Rio Pardo, Venancio Aires, Vera Cruz, and Arvorezinha) Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul (erected)
12 December 1997Territory AddedDiocese of Caxias do Sul (Santa Maria de Purificationa (in Muçum) and Saint John the Baptist (in Vespasiano Correa)) Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
13 April 2011Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Santa Cruz do Sul (from Porto Alegre)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1965300,000380,00078.9%4829773,8962741145ap1967
1968430,000.0%492776013348746ap1971
1976141,000188,00075.0%5217692,04313142346ap1977
1980363,000484,00075.0%5617734,97213542047ap1981
1990382,000490,00078.0%6416804,7752936948ap1991
1999461,366542,37085.1%6820885,24252632450ap2000
2000464,540546,13785.1%6418825,66552732450ap2001
2001447,502537,00283.3%5718755,96643432450ap2004
2004447,502537,00283.3%5521765,888103032450ap2005
2010475,000560,00084.8%6017776,168222618051ap2011
2014498,000588,00084.7%6116776,467212815751ap2015
2017488,300625,49078.1%613647,629221114851ap2018
2020521,403695,20575.0%6610766,860171313351ap2021
2022448,952623,54472.0%6512775,830171712351ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 65, to Page 67
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 90, Page 295, and Page 296
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 103, Page 441, and Page 442

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