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Archdiocese of Pelotas

Archidioecesis Pelotensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Jacinto Bergmann, Archbishop
  • Jayme Henrique Chemello, Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 13 April 2011
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio Grande do Sul
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 19,506 (7,534 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 3
  • Web Site: http://diocese.pelotas.tche.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. Domingos Jose de Almeida 3150, 96085-470 Pelotas, RS, Brazil
  • Telephone: (053)3225-8055

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Pelotas
15 August 1910ErectedDiocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul Diocese of Pelotas (erected)
Diocese of Santa Maria (erected)
Diocese of Uruguaiana (erected)
25 June 1960Territory LostDiocese of Pelotas (Bagé, Lavras do Sul, and Pinheiro Machado)
Diocese of Uruguaiana (Cacequi, Dom Pedrito, General Vargas, Rosario do Sul, Santana do Livramento, and Sao Gabriel)
Diocese of Bagé (erected)
27 May 1971Territory LostDiocese of Pelotas (Rio Grande, Sao José do Norte, Santa Vitoria do Palmar, and Mostardas) Diocese of Rio Grande (erected)
Archdiocese of Pelotas
13 April 2011ElevatedDiocese of Pelotas Archdiocese of Pelotas

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Pelotas
1949400,000472,16084.7%2635616,5578951819ap1951
1966530,000640,90082.7%4816648,2814044927ap1967
1970690,000.0%472269016144430ap1971
1976345,355406,30985.0%2911408,6331625018ap1977
1980311,000480,00064.8%3214466,7602724720ap1981
1990377,000580,00065.0%3212448,5683520225ap1991
1999302,000524,00057.6%4012525,80732914825ap2000
2000305,000530,00057.5%4012525,86532914825ap2001
2001295,061511,50557.7%3912515,78532714825ap2002
2002295,061511,50557.7%3914535,56732416525ap2003
2003315,000543,73257.9%3615516,17682613425ap2004
2004315,000543,73257.9%3514496,428132814025ap2005
Archdiocese of Pelotas
2013355,000613,00057.9%3913526,826162714926ap2014
2016364,000628,00058.0%358438,465241614925ap2017
2019372,500643,10057.9%3710477,92531196326ap2020
2021261,485576,37045.4%379465,68433144726ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Pelotas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 103, Page 439, and Page 440

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