Diocese of

Frederico Westphalen

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Frederico Westphalen / Vestphalenian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Passo Fundo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santo Ângelo (↙), Oberá (←), Puerto Iguazú (↖), Chapecó (↗), Erexim (→), Passo Fundo (↘), Cruz Alta (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Blessed Emmanuel Gómez González, Blessed Adilio Daronch

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 31 (1960)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.06.11 – ...):Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (73)Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (73)

Monsignors (5)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Frederico Westphalen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (73)Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (73)
(2008.06.11 – ...)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil)

Illum oportet crescere

Born:1953.02.23 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1977.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:2008.08.02

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1977.06.24 – 2008.06.11)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (2008.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel
(2001.12.12 – 2007.03.28)

Nuntio Vobis Gaudium

Born:1946.06.14 (Linha Rodrigues da Rosa, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1972.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:2002.03.08
Died:2025.04.30 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil † 78)

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1972.07.08 – 2001.12.12)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (2001.12.12 – 2007.03.28)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (2007.03.28 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop Bruno Maldaner
(1971.05.27 – 2001.12.12)

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:1924.08.04 (Pinhal Alto, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1950.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1966.06.29
Died:2008.11.16 (Ijuí, RS, Brazil † 84)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania (1966.04.15 – 1971.05.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1966.04.15 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 2001.12.12)

Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann
(1962.03.26 – 1971.05.27)

Messis in semine

Born:1919.06.24 (São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1943.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1962.06.10
Died:1998.06.27 (Erechim, RS, Brazil † 79)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (1962.03.26 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 1994.01.26)

Special Churches

Churches by City (39)

Santo Ângelo (↙), Oberá (←), Puerto Iguazú (↖), Chapecó (↗), Erexim (→), Passo Fundo (↘), Cruz Alta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,473 km²

Population: 277,692 Catholics (75.0% of 370,143 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 77 priests (62 diocesan, 15 religious), 4 deacons, 127 religious (48 brothers, 79 sisters), 35 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

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Seminarians

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