Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul
Dioecesis Crucis Australis
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Porto Velho |
Statistics | |
Area | 126,633 km2 (48,893 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2011) 261,000 201,000 (77%) |
Parishes | 12 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 22 May 1931 (93 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Roque Paloschi |
Bishops emeritus | Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. |
Website | |
www.diocesecruzeirodosul.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Crucis Australis) is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Velho, Acre (state), westernmost Amazonian Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Catedral Nossa Senhora da Gloria, in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 230,966 Catholics (80.6% of 286,462 total) on 126,633 km² in 12 parishes and 99 missions with 25 priests (16 diocesan, 9 religious), 91 lay religious (16 brothers, 75 sisters) and 13 seminarians.
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