Diocese of Cruz Alta, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1971.05.27: Established as Diocese of Cruz Alta / Crucis Altæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
- 1997.12.12: Lost territory to Diocese of Passo Fundo
- 2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Santa Maria
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2023.03.29 – ...): |  Bishop Nélio Domingos Zortea (60) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Cruz Alta (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Nélio Domingos Zortea (60) (2023.03.29 – ...)Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil)Segregatus in evangelium DeiBorn:1963.12.01 (IraÃ, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1995.10.12Consecrated Bishop:2016.01.30Priest of Cascavel (Brazil) (1995.10.12 – 2015.11.18)Bishop of Jataà (Brazil) (2015.11.18 – 2023.03.29)Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2023.03.29 – ...) |
 Bishop Adelar Baruffi (54) (later Archbishop) (2014.12.17 – 2021.09.22)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cascavel (Brazil)Servo de Jesus CristoBorn:1969.10.19 (Garibaldi, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1995.01.12Consecrated Bishop:2015.03.07Priest 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 Hélio Adelar Rubert (79) (Apostolic Administrator 2014.06.11 – 2014.12.17) |
| Bishop Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. (2002.05.08 – 2014.06.11)O EspÃrito do Senhor está sobre mim, porque me ungiu para evangelizar os pobresBorn:1942.02.17 (Germany)Ordained Priest:1970.07.12Consecrated Bishop:1999.01.31Died: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 Jacó Roberto Hilgert (1976.07.19 – 2002.05.08)Ecce Mater tuaBorn:1926.01.27 (Harmonia, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1952.11.30Consecrated Bishop:1976.09.26Died: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 GraçaBorn:1936.05.25 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1961.07.02Consecrated Bishop:1973.01.28Died: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 Battú Wichrowski (1971.05.27 – 1972.11.16)Born:1920.10.27 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1945.12.23Consecrated Bishop:1958.05.25Died: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
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pedro ErcÃlio Simon (later Archbishop) (1990.10.24 – 1995.07.05)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 16,790 km²
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