Diocese of

Santa Cruz do Sul

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Cruz do Sul / Sanctæ Crucis in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Maria

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.06.20: Established as Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul / Sanctæ Crucis in Brasilia (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
1997.12.12: Gained territory from Diocese of Caxias do Sul
2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Santa Maria

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.06.19 – ...):

Bishop Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Cruz do Sul (Roman Rite)

Bishop Itacir Brassiani, M.S.F. (64)
(2024.06.19 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

Guiados pelo evangelho da Cruz

Born:	1959.12.28 (Soledade, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1987.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.09.29

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (2024.06.19 – ...)

Bishop Aloísio Alberto Dilli, O.F.M. (76)
(2016.07.13 – 2024.06.19)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil)

A palavra se fez carne

Born:	1948.06.21 (Montenegro, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.02

Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil) (2007.06.27 – 2016.07.13)

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (2016.07.13 – 2024.06.19)

Bishop Canísio Klaus (73)
(2010.05.19 – 2016.01.20)

Bishop of Sinop (Brazil)

Enviado para Evangelizar

Born:	1951.10.09 (Arroio do Meio, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.21

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1979.12.28 – 1998.04.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (1998.04.22 – 1998.08.26)

Bishop of Diamantino (Brazil) (1998.08.26 – 2010.05.19)

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (2010.05.19 – 2016.01.20)

Bishop of Sinop (Brazil) (2016.01.20 – ...)

Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn
(1986.06.27 – 2010.05.19)

Omnes Unum Sint

Born:	1934.09.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.09.09
Died:	2022.06.09 (Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil † 87)

Titular Bishop of Abbir Germaniciana (1977.06.27 – 1980.02.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1977.06.27 – 1980.02.13)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (1980.02.13 – 1986.06.27)

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1986.06.27 – 2010.05.19)

Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges
(1959.08.01 – 1986.06.27)

Parare plebem perfectam

Born:	1910.07.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.10.25
Died:	1996.01.08 († 85)

Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1959.08.01 – 1986.06.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (57)

Bagé (↙), Cachoeira do Sul (↙), Cruz Alta (↖), Passo Fundo (↑), Montenegro (→), Porto Alegre (↘), Pelotas (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,691 km²

Population: 436,422 Catholics (70.0% of 623,460 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes

Personnel: 75 priests (65 diocesan, 10 religious), 29 deacons, 138 religious (16 brothers, 122 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.18

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