Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Montenegro

Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro

Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro (Latin: Dioecesis Nigromontana) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (in the state capital) in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.

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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de São João Batista, dedicated to John the Baptist in the city of Montenegro, Brazil.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 285,590 Catholics (76.0% of 375,589 total) on 4,385 km2 in 30 parishes with 49 priests (39 diocesan, 10 religious), 4 deacons, 148 lay religious (24 brothers, 124 sisters) and 18 seminarians.

History

The diocese was erected by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2008, on territory split off from its Metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.[1][2]

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Diocese of Montenegro". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. [2]
    "Diocese of Montenegro". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.


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