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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul

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Parishes
  
12

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Phone
  
+55 68 3322-2480

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
126,633 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2011) 261,000 201,000 (77%)

Established
  
22 May 1931 (85 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória

Address
  
Praça Glória, 185 - Centro, Cruzeiro do Sul - AC, 69980-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho

Similar
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora, Primeira Igreja Batista‑Cr, Paróquia Nossa Senhora, Seminário do Espírito Santo, Conselho Escolar Dom Hen

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Crucis Australis) is located in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Porto Velho.

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History

On 22 May 1931, Pope Pius XI established the Territorial Prelature of Juruá from the Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé. Blessed John Paul II elevated the prelature to the Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul on 25 June 1987.

Ordinaries

Territorial Prelature of Juruá

  • Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp. † (6 Sep 1935 - 19 Jul 1942) Died
  • Henrique Klein † ( 1942 - 1947) Died
  • José Hascher, C.S.Sp. † (22 Mar 1947 - 25 Feb 1967) Resigned
  • Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. † (7 Feb 1967 - 25 June 1987) assigned bishop of the diocese

    • Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul

  • Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. † (25 June 1987 - 7 Dec 1988) Resigned
  • Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. (7 Dec 1988 - 3 Jan 2001)
  • Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (3 Jan 2001 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul Wikipedia
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