Archdiocese of Santa Maria
Sanctae Mariae
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santa Maria, Brazil
Metropolitan Latin Church archdiocese in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Established as a diocese in 1910 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2011, it heads the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria with suffragans including Cachoeira do Sul, Cruz Alta, Santa Cruz do Sul, Santo Ângelo, and Uruguaiana.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 August 1910
- Latin
- Sanctae Mariae
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002950
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 382,247
- Population
- 488,258
- Catholic share
- 78.3%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 5,309
- Extent
- 18,866 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Leomar Antônio Brustolin
- Born
- 15 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Caxias do Sul
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 Imaculada Conceição stands in Santa Maria, 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 Santa Maria
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cachoeira do SulCachoeira do Sul
- Diocese of Cruz AltaCruz Alta
- Diocese of Santa Cruz do SulSanta Cruz do Sul
- Diocese of Santo ÂngeloSanto Ângelo
- Diocese of UruguaianaUruguaiana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Santa Maria, this archdiocese (Latin: Archdioecesis Sanctae Mariae) belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil until 2011, when it was elevated to an archdiocese itself.
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].