Diocese of Santo Ângelo
Angelopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santo Ângelo, Brazil
The Diocese of Santo Angelo is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Established on 22 May 1961 from the Diocese of Uruguaiana, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 May 1961
- Latin
- Angelopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Guardian Angel (Santo Anjo da Guarda)
- Annuario code
- 001002979
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 389,000
- Population
- 508,000
- Catholic share
- 76.6%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 5,403
- Extent
- 16,776 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Bishop
- Liro Vendelino Meurer
- Born
- 13 July 1954
- Birthplace
- Salvador 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
Guardian Angel Cathedral stands in Santo Ângelo, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santa Maria.
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
- Archdiocese of Santa MariaSanta Maria
- Diocese of UruguaianaUruguaiana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Santo Ângelo is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Angelopolitana), which sits within the ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria in Brazil.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua Marquês do Herval 1113, 98801-610 Santo Ângelo, RS, Brasil
- Telephone
- [055]3313-5308
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].