Metropolitan see Porto Alegre, Brazil
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
Portalegren(siós) in Brasilia
Latin Church
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is a Latin Church see in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, erected in 1848 as the Diocese of Sao Pedro do Rio Grande and elevated to an archdiocese in 1910. It has been led by Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., since 2013, with suffragans Caxias do Sul, Montenegro, Novo Hamburgo, and Osorio.
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- Established
- 1848
- Catholics
- 2,500,000
- Priests
- 362
- Territory
- 13,530 km²
Parishes and churches
146 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora Madre de DeusPorto Alegre · CathedralView parish
- Coração de JesusPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Cristo Bom PastorPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Cristo RedentorPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Cristo ReiGravataíView parish
- Divina MisericórdiaPorto AlegreView parish
- Divina ProvidênciaViamãoView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoCachoeirinhaView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoPorto AlegreView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoPorto AlegreView parish
- Divino Pai EternoPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Imaculada ConceiçãoCanoasView parish
- Imaculado Coração de MariaEsteioView parish
- Imaculado Coração de MariaPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Jesus de NazaréPorto AlegreView parish
- Jesus Divino MestrePorto AlegreView parish
- Madre Teresa de CalcutáPorto AlegreView parish
- Menino DeusPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Menino Jesus de PragaPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Mãe do Perpétuo SocorroPorto AlegreView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaSapucaia do SulMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaCanoasView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaEsteioMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaMinas do LeãoView parish
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida da RestingaPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida do KraheViamãoMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraPorto AlegreMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora da AssunçãoPorto AlegreView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Boa ViagemCachoeirinhaMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoSão JerônimoMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Jaime Spengler
- Born
- 6 September 1960
- Birthplace
- Gaspar
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.M.)
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The cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God stands in Porto Alegre, 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.
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