Denomination Roman Catholic Area 13,530 km² Patron saint Mary Secular priests 362 | Parishes 156 | |
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Territory Gravataí, Glorinha, Alvorada, Cachoeirinha, Viamão, Guaíba, Arambaré, Arroio dos Ratos, Barão do Triunfo, Barra do Ribeiro, Butiá, Camaquã, Cerro Grande do Sul, Charqueadas, Chuvisca, Cristal, Eldorado do Sul, General Câmara, Mariana Pimentel, Minas do Leão, São Jerônimo, Sentinela do Sul, Sertão Santana e Tapes, Canoas, Esteio, Sapucaia do Sul, Nova Santa Rita and Porto Alegre. Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2013)3,395,0002,527,000 (74.4%) | ||
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Latin: Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. It was erected as the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande by Pope Pius IX on 7 May 1848, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius X on 15 August 1910.
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The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God. Archbishop Emeritus Dadeus Grings succeeded the late Archbishop Emeritus Altamiro Rossato, C.Ss.R., as Archbishop of Porto Alegre, having served previously under Archbishop Rossato as Coadjutor Archbishop (having been named by Pope John Paul II), on 7 February 2001. Archbishop Emeritus Grings was succeeded by the current incumbent, Archbishop Jaime Spengler, who was appointed on 18 September 2013 by Pope Francis, and installed on 15 November 2013.