Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
Novohamburgen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
The Diocese of Novo Hamburgo is a Latin Rite diocese in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, erected on 2 February 1980 from the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, of which it is a suffragan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 February 1980
- Latin
- Novohamburgen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
- Annuario code
- 001002420
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 721,338
- Population
- 961,783
- Catholic share
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 120
- Catholics per priest
- 6,011
- Extent
- 3,691 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 195
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
- João Francisco Salm
- Born
- 11 October 1952
- Birthplace
- São Pedro de Alcântara
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 Basílica São Luís Gonzaga stands in Novo Hamburgo, 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 Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Caxias do SulCaxias do Sul
- Diocese of MontenegroMontenegro
- Diocese of OsórioOsório
- Archdiocese of Porto AlegrePorto Alegre
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre lies the Diocese of Novo Hamburgo (Latin: Dioecesis Novohamburgensis), seated in the city of Novo Hamburgo.
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].