Suffragan diocese Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil
Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia
Latin Church
Latin Church diocese in Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, erected in 1959 from the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria, led since September 2024 by Bishop Itacir Brassiani.
On the map
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- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 447,502
- Priests
- 77
- Territory
- 17,168 km²
Parishes and churches
52 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santo AntônioRelvadoView parish
- Santo AntônioSanta Cruz do SulView parish
- Santo Inácio de LoyolaLajeadoView parish
- Santos Mártires das MissõesLinha Santa CruzView parish
- São CaetanoDom FelicianoView parish
- São CarlosAnta GordaView parish
- São CristóvãoLajeadoView parish
- São Francisco XavierRio PardoView parish
- São Gabriel ArcanjoCruzeiro do SulView parish
- São JoséSérioView parish
- São JoséVale do SolView parish
- São José do PatrocínioAmaral FerradorView parish
- São José do PatrocínioIlópolisView parish
- São João BatistaNova BrésciaView parish
- São João BatistaArvorezinhaView parish
- São João BatistaBoqueirão do LeãoView parish
- São João BatistaSanta Cruz do SulView parish
- São João BatistaVespasiano CorreaView parish
- São MartinhoPalanqueView parish
- São NicolauRio PardoView parish
- São PedroEncantadoView parish
- São Sebastião MártirVenâncio AiresView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Itacir Brassiani
- Born
- 28 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Soledade
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA
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The cathedral
Catedral São João Batista stands in Santa Cruz do Sul, 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 the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctae Crucis in Brasilia) has its seat in the city of Santa Cruz do Sul.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
- Dom Itacir Brassiani writes column
- Dom Itacir Brassiani writes on the Gospel
- Bishop Itacir Brassiani visits diocese
- Bishop Itacir Brassiani honors 9 priests
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