Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
Vestphalenian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Frederico Westphalen, Brazil
The Diocese of Frederico Westphalen is a Latin Church diocese in northern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo. It was established in 1961 from territory of the Dioceses of Passo Fundo and Santa Maria.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 May 1961
- Latin
- Vestphalenian(us)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001001442
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 286,494
- Population
- 389,749
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.5%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 3,721
- Extent
- 11,473 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller
- Born
- 23 February 1953
- Birthplace
- São Paulo
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
Cathedral of Saint Anthony stands in Frederico Westphalen, 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 Passo Fundo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Passo Fundo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EreximErexim
- Archdiocese of Passo FundoPasso Fundo
- Diocese of VacariaVacaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Frederico Westphalen, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Vestphaleniana.
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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.