Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre information
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia
Arquidiocese de Porto Alegre
Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God, Porto Alegre
Location
Country
Brazil
Territory
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Ecclesiastical province
Porto Alegre
Statistics
Area
13,530 km2 (5,220 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2013) 3,395,000 2,527,000 (74.4%)
Parishes
156
Information
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Rite
Latin Rite
Established
7 May 1848 (176 years ago)
Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of Porto Alegre
Patron saint
Saint Peter
Secular priests
362
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Archbishop
Jaime Spengler
Auxiliary Bishops
Leomar Antônio Brustolin
Aparecido Donizete de Souza
Adilson Pedro Busin
Darley José Kummer
Bishops emeritus
Dadeus Grings
Map
Jurisdiction of the archdiocese. Suffragan dioceses in pink.
Website
arquidiocesepoa.org.br
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Latin: Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropolitan seat of its Archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God in Porto Alegre. Archbishop Emeritus Dadeus Grings was succeeded by the current incumbent, Archbishop Jaime Spengler, who was appointed on 18 September 2013 by Pope Francis, and installed on 15 November 2013.[1]
^"Archbishop Jaime Spengler". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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