Diocese of

Cruz Alta

Brazil Brazil

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cruz Alta / Crucis AltĂŠ (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Maria

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Divino EspĂ­rito Santo

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.03.29 – ...):Bishop NĂ©lio Domingos Zortea (60)Bishop NĂ©lio Domingos Zortea (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cruz Alta (Roman Rite)

Bishop NĂ©lio Domingos Zortea (60)Bishop NĂ©lio Domingos Zortea (60)
(2023.03.29 – ...)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)

Segregatus in evangelium Dei

Born:1963.12.01 (IraĂ­, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1995.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:2016.01.30

Priest of Cascavel (Brazil) (1995.10.12 – 2015.11.18)

Bishop of Jataí (Brazil) (2015.11.18 – 2023.03.29)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2023.03.29 – ...)

Archbishop Adelar Baruffi (55)Bishop Adelar Baruffi (55) (later Archbishop)
(2014.12.17 – 2021.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cascavel (Brazil)

Servo de Jesus Cristo

Born:1969.10.19 (Garibaldi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1995.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:2015.03.07

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1995.01.12 – 2014.12.17)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2014.12.17 – 2021.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (2021.09.22 – 2024.02.12)

Archbishop HĂ©lio Adelar Rubert (79)Archbishop HĂ©lio Adelar Rubert (79)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.06.11 – 2014.12.17)

Bishop Frederico Heimler, S.D.B.
(2002.05.08 – 2014.06.11)

O EspĂ­rito do Senhor estĂĄ sobre mim, porque me ungiu para evangelizar os pobres

Born:1942.02.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1970.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:1999.01.31
Died:2018.11.07 († 76)

Coadjutor Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil) (1998.12.09 – 2002.05.08)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2002.05.08 – 2014.06.11)

Bishop JacĂł Roberto Hilgert
(1976.07.19 – 2002.05.08)

Ecce Mater tua

Born:1926.01.27 (Harmonia, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1952.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:1976.09.26
Died:2020.12.17 (Cruz Alta, RS, Brazil † 94)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1976.07.19 – 2002.05.08)

Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto
(1972.11.16 – 1976.01.21)

Tudo é Graça

Born:1936.05.25 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1961.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1973.01.28
Died:2023.04.06 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil † 86)

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1961.07.02 – 1972.11.16)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1972.11.16 – 1976.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop Walmor BattĂș Wichrowski
(1971.05.27 – 1972.11.16)

Born:1920.10.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1945.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1958.05.25
Died:2001.10.31 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Sanavus (1958.02.14 – 1960.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1958.02.14 – 1960.04.23)

Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil) (1960.04.23 – 1961.05.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1961.05.31 – 1965)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (1961.05.31 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 1972.11.16)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (1972.11.16 – 2001.10.31)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (33)

Santo Ângelo (←), Frederico Westphalen (↑), Passo Fundo (↗), Santa Cruz do Sul (↘), Cachoeira do Sul (↘), Santa Maria (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,790 kmÂČ

Population: 263,938 Catholics (68.4% of 386,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 519 missions

Personnel: 40 priests (28 diocesan, 12 religious), 9 deacons, 53 religious (12 brothers, 41 sisters), 4 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

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