Diocese of Rio Grande
Rivogranden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rio Grande, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, established from the Diocese of Pelotas in 1971. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pelotas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1971
- Latin
- Rivogranden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter
- Annuario code
- 001002757
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 211,000
- Population
- 300,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.3%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 8,792
- Extent
- 12,270 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
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
- Jorge Pierozan
- Born
- 10 August 1964
- Birthplace
- Vanini
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 São Pedro stands in Rio Grande, 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 Pelotas
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pelotas.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BagéBagé
- Archdiocese of PelotasPelotas
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established from the Diocese of Pelotas in 1971, the Diocese of Rio Grande (Portuguese: Diocese de Rio Grande, Latin: Dioecesis Rivograndensis) is a Roman Catholic see in the city of Rio Grande, within the Brazilian ecclesiastical province of Pelotas. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Rio Grande.
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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.