Diocese of Montenegro
Nigromontan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Montenegro, Brazil
Latin-rite diocese in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. Erected 2 July 2008 from territory of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Sao Joao Batista in Montenegro.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 2008
- Latin
- Nigromontan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002277
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 283,119
- Population
- 340,000
- Catholic share
- 83.3%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 5,342
- Extent
- 4,395 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
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
- Carlos Romulo Goncalves e Silva
- Born
- 24 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Piratini
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 de Sao Joao Batista stands in Montenegro, 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 Porto Alegre
A suffragan of Porto Alegre.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Caxias do SulCaxias do Sul
- Diocese of Novo HamburgoNovo Hamburgo
- Diocese of OsórioOsório
- Archdiocese of Porto AlegrePorto Alegre
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Rio Grande do Sul state, in southernmost Brazil, the Diocese of Montenegro (Latin: Dioecesis Nigromontana) is a Latin suffragan of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre in the state capital. Its episcopal seat, the Catedral de São João Batista in the city of Montenegro, is dedicated to John the Baptist.
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].