Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, erected in 1959 from the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria, led since September 2024 by Bishop Itacir Brassiani.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1959
- Latin
- Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002946
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 447,502
- Population
- 537,002
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 5,812
- Extent
- 17,168 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Itacir Brassiani
- Born
- 28 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Soledade
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA
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 João Batista stands in Santa Cruz do Sul, 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 Cruz AltaCruz Alta
- 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia) has its seat in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 717, 96810-054 Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brasil
- Telephone
- [051]3713-3733; fax 3711-3668
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.