Diocese of Montenegro, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Montenegro / Nigromontan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Porto Alegre

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santa Cruz do Sul (←), Caxias do Sul (↗), Novo Hamburgo (→), Porto Alegre (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2008.07.02: Established as Diocese of Montenegro / Nigromontan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.10.18 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Montenegro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (57)
(2017.10.18 – ...)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil)

Servite Domino in lætitia

Born:	1969.01.24 (Piratini, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.06.04

Priest of Pelotas (Brazil) (1994.12.08 – 2017.03.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil) (2017.03.22 – 2017.10.18)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil) (2017.10.18 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (83)
(2008.07.02 – 2017.10.18)

Bishop emeritus of Montenegro (Brazil)

Mihi Vivere Christus

Born:	1942.10.12 (Encantado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.15

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1968.07.13 – 1991.07.24)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil) (2008.07.02 – 2017.10.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.07.15 – 2015.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2020.01.22 – 2020.05.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Cascavel (Brazil) (2024.02.13 – 2024.05.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (57) (2017.03.22 – 2017.10.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de São João Batista, Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul

Churches by City (31)

Santa Cruz do Sul (←), Caxias do Sul (↗), Novo Hamburgo (→), Porto Alegre (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,397 km²

Population: 325,498 Catholics (80.0% of 406,627 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (51 diocesan, 2 religious), 3 deacons, 42 religious (6 brothers, 36 sisters), 11 seminarians