Diocese of

Santo Ângelo 𝐖

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santo Ângelo / Angelopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Maria

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santos Anjosda Guarda (October 2)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.05.22: Established as Diocese of Santo Ângelo / Angelopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Uruguaiana and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
2001: Gained territory from Diocese of Uruguaiana
2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Santa Maria

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.04.24 – ...):

Bishop Liro Vendelino Meurer (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santo Ângelo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Liro Vendelino Meurer (70)
(2013.04.24 – ...)

Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Servir com alegria

Born:	1954.07.13 (Salvador do Sul, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.03.22

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1981.12.12 – 2009.01.14)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia (2009.01.14 – 2013.04.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2009.01.14 – 2013.04.24)

Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (2013.04.24 – ...)

Bishop José Clemente Weber (87)
(2004.06.15 – 2013.04.24)

Bishop emeritus of Santo Ângelo (Brazil)

Alias oves habeo

Born:	1937.09.24 (Venâncio Aires, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.06.05

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Byzacena (1994.03.23 – 2004.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1994.03.23 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (2004.06.15 – 2013.04.24)

Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz
(1973.12.21 – 2004.06.15)

Born:	1928.07.01 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1954.11.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.09.17
Died:	2014.07.06 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Maronana (1972.06.10 – 1973.12.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (1972.06.10 – 1973.12.21)

Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (1973.12.21 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (later Cardinal)
(1962.02.03 – 1973.03.26)

In cruce salus et vita

Born:	1924.10.08 (Estrela, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.05.20
Created Cardinal:	1976.05.24
Died:	2007.12.23 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil † 83)

Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (1962.02.03 – 1973.03.26)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1968 – 1971)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1971 – 1979)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1972 – 1975)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1973.03.26 – 1995.07.12)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1974 – 1975)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1975 – 1979)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1976.05.24 – 2007.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (1995.07.12 – 2004.01.28)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Estanislau Amadeu Kreutz (1972.06.10 – 1973.12.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Anjo da Guarda, Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul
World Heritage Site (now ruined): Misión Jesuítica de São Miguel das Missões, São Miguel das Missões, Rio Grande do Sul

Churches by City (42)

Uruguaiana (↙), Oberá (↖), Frederico Westphalen (↗), Cruz Alta (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,572 km²

Population: 336,600 Catholics (71.9% of 468,110 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 74 priests (55 diocesan, 19 religious), 1 deacon, 166 religious (24 brothers, 142 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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