Diocese of Cruz Alta
Crucis Altae
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cruz Alta, Brazil
The Diocese of Cruz Alta is a Latin Church diocese in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, established in 1971 from the Diocese of Santa Maria. Originally a suffragan of Porto Alegre, it was transferred to the province of Santa Maria in 2011, with its see at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Cruz Alta.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 May 1971
- Latin
- Crucis Altae
- Patron
- Holy Spirit
- Annuario code
- 001001238
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 263,938
- Population
- 396,259
- Catholic share
- 66.6%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 6,598
- Extent
- 16,325 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Nelio Domingos Zortea
- Born
- 1 December 1963
- Birthplace
- Iraí
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 Divino Espirito Santo stands in Cruz Alta, 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 Santa Cruz do SulSanta Cruz do Sul
- 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
Cruz Alta, a city within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese known in Latin as Dioecesis Crucis Altae.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].