Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro
Diocese of Montenegro Dioecesis Nigromontana | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Porto Alegre |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,395 km2 (1,697 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 340,000 283,119 (83.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 2 July 2008 (15 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de São João Batista |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Jaime Spengler |
Bishops emeritus | Paulo Antônio de Conto |
Map | |
Jurisdiction of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink. | |
Website | |
www.diocesemontenegro.com.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro (
suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (in the state capital) in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil
.
Its
Montenegro, Brazil
.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 285,590 Catholics (76.0% of 375,589 total) on 4,385 km2 in 30 parishes with 49 priests (39 diocesan, 10 religious), 4 deacons, 148 lay religious (24 brothers, 124 sisters) and 18 seminarians.
History
The diocese was erected by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2008, on territory split off from its Metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.[1][2]
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
- Paulo Antônio de Conto (born Brazil) (2 July 2008 - 18 October 2017), also São Luíz de Caceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27), Bishop of Criciúma(Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)
- Coadjutor Bishop (2017.03.22 – 2017.10.18), neither previous prelature nor titular see.
Coadjutor bishop
See also
References
- ^ "Diocese of Montenegro". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ "Diocese of Montenegro". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
Sources and external links