Diocese of Frederico Westphalen, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Passo Fundo

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

1961.05.22: Established as Diocese of Frederico Westphalen / Vestphalenian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passo Fundo and Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Passo Fundo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.06.11 – ...):

Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Frederico Westphalen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (71)
(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 (78)
(2001.12.12 – 2007.03.28)

Bishop emeritus of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)

Nuntio Vobis Gaudium

Born:	1946.06.14 (Linha Rodrigues da Rosa, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.08

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 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.29
Died:	2008.11.16 († 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 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.10
Died:	1998.06.27 († 79)

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

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 1994.01.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul

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