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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

April 10, 2024

The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Latin: Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.

Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia

Arquidiocese de Porto Alegre
Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God, Porto Alegre
Location
CountryBrazil
TerritoryPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Ecclesiastical provincePorto Alegre
Statistics
Area13,530 km2 (5,220 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
3,395,000
2,527,000 (74.4%)
Parishes156
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established7 May 1848 (175 years ago)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Porto Alegre
Patron saintSaint Peter
Secular priests362
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJaime Spengler
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Leomar Antônio Brustolin
  • Aparecido Donizete de Souza
  • Adilson Pedro Busin
  • Darley José Kummer
Bishops emeritusDadeus Grings
Map

Jurisdiction of the archdiocese. Suffragan dioceses in pink.
Website
arquidiocesepoa.org.br

The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropolitan seat of its Archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God in Porto Alegre. Archbishop Emeritus Dadeus Grings was succeeded by the current incumbent, Archbishop Jaime Spengler, who was appointed on 18 September 2013 by Pope Francis, and installed on 15 November 2013.[1]

History edit

Statistics edit

As per 2014, it pastorally served 2,547,000 Catholics (74.4% of 3,423,000 total) on 13,530 km² in 156 parishes and 739 missions with 359 priests (203 diocesan, 156 religious), 59 deacons, 1,450 lay religious (341 brothers, 1,109 sisters) and 44 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province edit

Besides administering his own Archbishopric, the Metropolitan supervises the following Suffragan Sees :

Bishops edit

Episcopal ordinaries, and current auxiliary bishops edit

Suffragan Bishops of São Pedro do Rio Grande
  • Feliciano Rodrigues de Araujo Prates (1851.05.05 – death 1858.05.27)
  • Sebastião Dias Laranjeira (1860.09.28 – death 1888.08.13)
  • Cláudio Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, CM (1890.06.26 – 1910.08.15 see below), previously Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1881.05.13 – 1890.06.26)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Porto Alegre
  • Cláudio Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, CM (see above 1910.08.15 – retired 1912.01.09), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (1912.01.09 – death 1924.05.26)
  • João (Batista) Becker (1912.01.09 – 1946.12.30), previously Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil) (1908.05.03 – 1912.08.01)
  • Alfredo Scherer (1946.12.30 – 1981.08.29), Cardinal in 1969; previously Titular Bishop of Hemeria (1946.06.13 – 1946.12.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (1946.06.13 – 1946.12.30)
  • João Colling (1981.08.29 – retired 1991.07.17), died 1992; previously Titular Bishop of Corone (1949.12.12 – 1951.03.23) as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1949.12.12 – 1951.03.23), Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (1951.03.23 – 1981.08.29)
  • Altamiro Rossato, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists|CSsR) (1991.07.17 – retired 2001.02.07)); died 13 May 2014; previously Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1985.12.08 – 1989.03.15), Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (1989.03.15 – succession 1991.07.17)
  • Dadeus Grings (2001.02.07 – retired 2013.09.18); previously Bishop of São João da Boa Vista (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2000.04.12), Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (2000.04.12 – succession 2001.02.07)
  • Jaime Spengler (18 September 2013– ...), previously Titular Bishop of Patara (2010.11.10 – 2013.09.18) as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (2010.11.10 – 2013.09.18)
    • Auxiliary Bishop (2015.01.07 – ...) Leomar Antônio Brustolin, Titular Bishop of Tigava
    • Auxiliary Bishop (2015.12.30 – ...) Aparecido Donizete de Souza, Titular Bishop of Macriana minor
    • Auxiliary Bishop (2016.01.27 – ...) Adilson Pedro Busin, CS, Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera
    • Auxiliary Bishop (2019.04.10 - ...) Darley José Kummer, Titular Bishop of Elvas

Coadjutor bishops edit

  • João Antônio Pimenta (1906-1911), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Montes Claros
  • Altamiro Rossato, CSsR (1991-2001)
  • Dadeus Grings (2000-2001)

Previous auxiliary episcopate, in reverse chronological order edit

BIOS TO ELABORATE & WORK IN
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Agenor Girardi, MSC (2010.12.22 – 2015.05.06), appointed Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Remídio José Bohn (2006.01.18 – 2011.12.28), appointed Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop::Jaime Spengler, OFM (2010.11.10 - 2018.09.18), appointed Archbishop here
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni, CS (2006.01.18 – 2010.06.16), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Jacinto Inácio Flach (2003.11.12 – 2009.09.16), appointed Bishop of Criciúma, Santa Catarina
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues (1998.03.11 – 2001.01.10), appointed Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo; future Archbishop
    • Auxiliary Bishop: José Clemente Weber (1994.03.23 – 2004.06.15), appointed Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Osvino José Both (1990.06.26 – 1995.11.22), appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul; future Archbishop
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Thadeu Gomes Canellas (1983.11.19 – 1999.11.10), appointed Bishop of Osório, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop: José Mário Stroeher (1983.03.25 – 1986.08.08), appointed Bishop of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Urbano José Allgayer (1974.02.05 – 1982.02.04), appointed Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, OCD (1971.05.05 – 2001.06.27)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: José Ivo Lorscheiter (1965.11.12 – 1974.02.05), appointed Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Edmundo Luís Kunz (1955.08.01 – 1988.09.12)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Alfredo Vicente Scherer (1946.06.13 - 1946.12.30), appointed Archbishop here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops edit

  • Luiz Felipe de Nadal, appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul in 1955
  • Zeno Hastenteufel, appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul in 2001
  • Jacinto Bergmann, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul in 2002
  • Liro Vendelino Meurer, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Passo Fundo in 2009
  • Rodolfo Luís Weber, appointed Prelate of Cristalândia in 2009
  • Silvio Guterres Dutra, appointed Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul in 2018

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Archbishop Jaime Spengler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

Sources and external links edit

  • GCatholic.org, with Google map & - satellite photo - data for all sections~
  • "Archdiocese of Porto Alegre". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  •   Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Porto Alegre". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

April 10, 2024
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The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Latin Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state southernmost Brazil Archdiocese of Porto AlegreArchidioecesis Portalegrensis in BrasiliaArquidiocese de Porto AlegreCathedral of Our Lady Mother of God Porto AlegreLocationCountryBrazilTerritoryPorto Alegre Rio Grande do SulEcclesiastical provincePorto AlegreStatisticsArea13 530 km2 5 220 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2013 3 395 0002 527 000 74 4 Parishes156InformationDenominationRoman CatholicRiteLatin RiteEstablished7 May 1848 175 years ago CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of Porto AlegrePatron saintSaint PeterSecular priests362Current leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopJaime SpenglerAuxiliary BishopsLeomar Antonio BrustolinAparecido Donizete de SouzaAdilson Pedro BusinDarley Jose KummerBishops emeritusDadeus GringsMapJurisdiction of the archdiocese Suffragan dioceses in pink Websitearquidiocesepoa wbr org wbr brThe Archdiocese s mother church and Metropolitan seat of its Archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God in Porto Alegre Archbishop Emeritus Dadeus Grings was succeeded by the current incumbent Archbishop Jaime Spengler who was appointed on 18 September 2013 by Pope Francis and installed on 15 November 2013 1 Contents 1 History 2 Statistics 3 Ecclesiastical province 4 Bishops 4 1 Episcopal ordinaries and current auxiliary bishops 4 2 Coadjutor bishops 4 3 Previous auxiliary episcopate in reverse chronological order 4 4 Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources and external linksHistory editIt was erected as the Diocese of Sao Pedro do Rio Grande by Pope Pius IX on 7 May 1848 on territory split off from the Diocese of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro It was elevated by Pope Pius X on 15 August 1910 to the rank of a Metropolitan archdiocese Portalegren sis in Brasilia Latin having lost territories to establish Diocese of Pelotas Diocese of Santa Maria and Diocese of Uruguaiana Lost territories on 1934 09 08 to establish the Diocese of Caxias and Territorial Prelature of Vacaria 1957 01 18 Gained territory back from above Territorial Prelature of Vacaria Lost territories repeatedly on 1959 06 20 to establish Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul on 1959 08 15 to above Diocese of Caxias on 1971 02 01 to above Diocese of Caxias do Sul on 1980 02 02 to establish the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo as its suffragan on 1999 11 10 to establish the Diocese of Osorio as its suffragan and on 2008 07 02 to establish the Diocese of Montenegro as its suffragan It enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II in July 1980 Statistics editAs per 2014 it pastorally served 2 547 000 Catholics 74 4 of 3 423 000 total on 13 530 km in 156 parishes and 739 missions with 359 priests 203 diocesan 156 religious 59 deacons 1 450 lay religious 341 brothers 1 109 sisters and 44 seminarians Ecclesiastical province editBesides administering his own Archbishopric the Metropolitan supervises the following Suffragan Sees Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Sul Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro its daughter Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Hamburgo its daughter Roman Catholic Diocese of Osorio its daughterBishops editEpiscopal ordinaries and current auxiliary bishops edit Suffragan Bishops of Sao Pedro do Rio GrandeFeliciano Rodrigues de Araujo Prates 1851 05 05 death 1858 05 27 Sebastiao Dias Laranjeira 1860 09 28 death 1888 08 13 Claudio Goncalves Ponce de Leon CM 1890 06 26 1910 08 15 see below previously Bishop of Goias Brazil 1881 05 13 1890 06 26 Coadjutor Bishop Joao Antonio Pimenta 1906 02 21 1911 03 07 Titular Bishop of Pentacomia 1906 02 21 1911 03 07 next Bishop of Montes Claros Brazil 1911 03 07 1943 07 20 Metropolitan Archbishops of Porto AlegreClaudio Goncalves Ponce de Leon CM see above 1910 08 15 retired 1912 01 09 emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus 1912 01 09 death 1924 05 26 Joao Batista Becker 1912 01 09 1946 12 30 previously Bishop of Santa Catarina Brazil 1908 05 03 1912 08 01 Alfredo Scherer 1946 12 30 1981 08 29 Cardinal in 1969 previously Titular Bishop of Hemeria 1946 06 13 1946 12 30 as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre 1946 06 13 1946 12 30 Joao Colling 1981 08 29 retired 1991 07 17 died 1992 previously Titular Bishop of Corone 1949 12 12 1951 03 23 as Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria Brazil 1949 12 12 1951 03 23 Bishop of Passo Fundo Brazil 1951 03 23 1981 08 29 Altamiro Rossato Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Redemptorists CSsR 1991 07 17 retired 2001 02 07 died 13 May 2014 previously Bishop of Maraba Brazil 1985 12 08 1989 03 15 Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre 1989 03 15 succession 1991 07 17 Dadeus Grings 2001 02 07 retired 2013 09 18 previously Bishop of Sao Joao da Boa Vista Brazil 1991 01 23 2000 04 12 Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre 2000 04 12 succession 2001 02 07 Jaime Spengler 18 September 2013 previously Titular Bishop of Patara 2010 11 10 2013 09 18 as Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre 2010 11 10 2013 09 18 Auxiliary Bishop 2015 01 07 Leomar Antonio Brustolin Titular Bishop of Tigava Auxiliary Bishop 2015 12 30 Aparecido Donizete de Souza Titular Bishop of Macriana minor Auxiliary Bishop 2016 01 27 Adilson Pedro Busin CS Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera Auxiliary Bishop 2019 04 10 Darley Jose Kummer Titular Bishop of ElvasCoadjutor bishops edit Joao Antonio Pimenta 1906 1911 did not succeed to see appointed Bishop of Montes Claros Altamiro Rossato CSsR 1991 2001 Dadeus Grings 2000 2001 Previous auxiliary episcopate in reverse chronological order edit BIOS TO ELABORATE amp WORK INAuxiliary Bishop Agenor Girardi MSC 2010 12 22 2015 05 06 appointed Bishop of Uniao da Vitoria Parana Auxiliary Bishop Remidio Jose Bohn 2006 01 18 2011 12 28 appointed Bishop of Cachoeira do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Jaime Spengler OFM 2010 11 10 2018 09 18 appointed Archbishop here Auxiliary Bishop Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni CS 2006 01 18 2010 06 16 appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Jacinto Inacio Flach 2003 11 12 2009 09 16 appointed Bishop of Criciuma Santa Catarina Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues 1998 03 11 2001 01 10 appointed Bishop of Lorena Sao Paulo future Archbishop Auxiliary Bishop Jose Clemente Weber 1994 03 23 2004 06 15 appointed Bishop of Santo Angelo Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Osvino Jose Both 1990 06 26 1995 11 22 appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo Rio Grande do Sul future Archbishop Auxiliary Bishop Thadeu Gomes Canellas 1983 11 19 1999 11 10 appointed Bishop of Osorio Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Jose Mario Stroeher 1983 03 25 1986 08 08 appointed Bishop of Rio Grande Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Urbano Jose Allgayer 1974 02 05 1982 02 04 appointed Bishop of Passo Fundo Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Antonio do Carmo Cheuiche OCD 1971 05 05 2001 06 27 Auxiliary Bishop Jose Ivo Lorscheiter 1965 11 12 1974 02 05 appointed Bishop of Santa Maria Rio Grande do Sul Auxiliary Bishop Edmundo Luis Kunz 1955 08 01 1988 09 12 Auxiliary Bishop Alfredo Vicente Scherer 1946 06 13 1946 12 30 appointed Archbishop hereOther priests of this diocese who became bishops edit Luiz Felipe de Nadal appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana Rio Grande do Sul in 1955 Zeno Hastenteufel appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen Rio Grande do Sul in 2001 Jacinto Bergmann appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul in 2002 Liro Vendelino Meurer appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Passo Fundo in 2009 Rodolfo Luis Weber appointed Prelate of Cristalandia in 2009 Silvio Guterres Dutra appointed Bishop of Vacaria Rio Grande do Sul in 2018See also editList of Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholicism in Brazil Mother Church of the Immaculate Conception Viamao References edit Archbishop Jaime Spengler Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved 19 October 2020 Sources and external links editGCatholic org with Google map amp satellite photo data for all sections Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved 19 October 2020 nbsp Herbermann Charles ed 1913 Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Catholic Encyclopedia New York Robert Appleton Company Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre amp oldid 1191070118, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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