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Archdiocese of Passo Fundo

Passofunden(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Passo Fundo, Brazil

The Archdiocese of Passo Fundo is the Latin Rite metropolitan see in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Listed as a diocese in the source data, it was erected as a diocese in 1951 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2011, and is currently led by Archbishop Rodolfo Luis Weber.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 March 1951
Latin
Passofunden(sis)
Patron
Our Lady of Aparecida
Annuario code
001002555

The see in figures

Catholics
366,397
Population
488,530
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
75.0%
Priests
83
Catholics per priest
4,414
Extent
12,200 km²
Catholics per km²
30

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

Archbishop
Rodolfo Luís Weber
Born
30 August 1963
Birthplace
Bom Princípio

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 Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Passo Fundo, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Based in the city of Passo Fundo, this Brazilian archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Passofundensis) once belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre, until its elevation to an archdiocese in its own right in 2011.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.