Diocese of Cruz Alta
Crucis Altae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cruz Alta, Brazil
The Diocese of Cruz Alta is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, established in 1971 from the Diocese of Santa Maria. Originally a suffragan of Porto Alegre, it was transferred to the province of Santa Maria in 2011, with its see at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Cruz Alta.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1971
- Latin
- Crucis Altae
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001238
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 263,938
- Population
- 396,259
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 66.6%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 6,598
- Extent
- 16,325 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Nelio Domingos Zortea
- Born
- 1 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Iraí
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Divino Espirito Santo stands in Cruz Alta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Santa Maria
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Maria.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cachoeira do SulCachoeira do Sul
- Diocese of Santa Cruz do SulSanta Cruz do Sul
- Archdiocese of Santa MariaSanta Maria
- Diocese of Santo ÂngeloSanto Ângelo
- Diocese of UruguaianaUruguaiana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cruz Alta, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Crucis Altae.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.