Archdiocese of Pelotas
Peloten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Pelotas, Brazil
Pelotas was erected as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on April 13, 2011. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Pelotas in Rio Grande do Sul, with suffragans Bage and Rio Grande.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 August 1910
- Latin
- Peloten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis of Paola
- Annuario code
- 001002568
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 264,000
- Population
- 543,732
- Catholic share
- 48.6%
- Priests
- 45
- Catholics per priest
- 5,867
- Extent
- 20,737 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Jacinto Bergmann
- Born
- 29 October 1951
- Birthplace
- São Sebastião do Caí
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 Metropolitana Sao Francisco de Paula stands in Pelotas, 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 Pelotas
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BagéBagé
- Diocese of Rio GrandeRio Grande
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Pelotas in Rio Grande do Sul, this Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Pelotensis) was formerly part of the ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil; on April 13, 2011 it was raised to an archdiocese in its own right.
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].