Rite Latin Rite Phone +55 51 3632-4070 Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto | Area 4,395 km² Country Brazil | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
340,000
283,119 (83.3%) Established 2 July 2008 (8 years ago) Cathedral Catedral de São João Batista Address R. Assis Brasil, 1167 - Centro, Montenegro - RS, 95780-000, Brazil Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Similar Mitra da Diocese de Novo Ha, Paróquia São Luiz, Mitra da Diocese de Novo Ha, Mitra da Arquidioc de Porto, Paróquia Nossa Senhora | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro (Latin: Dioecesis Nigromontanus) is a diocese located in the city of Montenegro in the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil.
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History
The diocese was erected by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2008 from a subdivision of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.
Ordinaries
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA