Archdiocese of Passo Fundo
Passofunden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Passo Fundo, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Passo Fundo is the Latin Rite metropolitan see in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Listed as a diocese in the source data, it was erected as a diocese in 1951 and elevated to an archdiocese in 2011, and is currently led by Archbishop Rodolfo Luis Weber.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1951
- Latin
- Passofunden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Aparecida
- Annuario code
- 001002555
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 366,397
- Population
- 488,530
- Catholic share
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 83
- Catholics per priest
- 4,414
- Extent
- 12,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 30
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
- Archbishop
- Rodolfo Luís Weber
- Born
- 30 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Bom Princípio
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 Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Passo Fundo, 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 Passo Fundo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EreximErexim
- Diocese of Frederico WestphalenFrederico Westphalen
- Diocese of VacariaVacaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Passo Fundo, this Brazilian archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Passofundensis) once belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre, until its elevation to an archdiocese in its own right in 2011.
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].