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Suffragan diocese Frederico Westphalen, Brazil

Diocese of Frederico Westphalen

Vestphalenian(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Frederico Westphalen is a Latin Church diocese in northern Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo. It was established in 1961 from territory of the Dioceses of Passo Fundo and Santa Maria.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saint Anthony, in Frederico Westphalen, Brazil.

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Established
1961
Catholics
286,494
Priests
77
Territory
11,473 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller
Born
23 February 1953
Birthplace
São Paulo

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Anthony stands in Frederico Westphalen, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Frederico Westphalen, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo in Brazil, is the seat of this diocese, known in Latin as Dioecesis Vestphaleniana.

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