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Suffragan diocese Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil

Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul

Crucis Australis

Latin Church

The Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul is a Latin Church diocese in westernmost Acre, Brazil, established as the Territorial Prelature of Jurua in 1931 and elevated to a diocese in 1987. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Porto Velho, with its cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Glory.

On the map

Esri
Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1931
Catholics
230,966
Priests
26
Territory
126,633 km²

Parishes and churches

12 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Flavio Giovenale, S.D.B.

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Gloria stands in Cruzeiro do Sul, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Acre (state), in westernmost Amazonian Brazil, the Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Crucis Australis) serves as a suffragan see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Velho. Its cathedral, the Marian Catedral Nossa Senhora da Gloria, stands in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre.

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