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Suffragan diocese Novo Hamburgo, Brazil

Diocese of Novo Hamburgo

Novohamburgen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Basílica São Luís Gonzaga, in Novo Hamburgo, Brazil.

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Established
1980
Catholics
721,338
Priests
120
Territory
3,691 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
João Francisco Salm
Born
11 October 1952
Birthplace
São Pedro de Alcântara

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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.

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.