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The Archdiocese of Pelotas ( la, Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a
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located in the city of
Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and municipality (''município''), the third most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located 270 km (168 mi) from Porto Alegre, the state's capital city, and 130 km (80.8&nb ...
,
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. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the
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of
Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...
in Brazil.


History

* 15 August 1910: Established as Diocese of Pelotas from the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande * 13 April 2011: Elevated to archdiocese


Bishops

*
Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
s of Pelotas (Roman rite) ** Francisco de Campos Barreto † (12 May 1911 - 30 July 1920) Appointed, Bishop of
Campinas Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...
** Joaquim Ferreira de Mello † (15 March 1921 - 22 September 1940) Died **
Antônio Zattera The Archdiocese of Pelotas ( la, Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the eccles ...
† (31 January 1942 - 1 September 1977) Resigned **
Jayme Henrique Chemello The Archdiocese of Pelotas ( la, Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the eccles ...
(1 September 1977 - 1 July 2009) Resigned **
Jacinto Bergmann The Archdiocese of Pelotas ( la, Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the eccles ...
(1 July 2009 - 13 April 2011) Appointed archbishop *
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s of Pelotas (Roman rite) **Jacinto Bergmann (13 April 2011 – present)


Auxiliary bishops

*
Angelo Félix Mugnol Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...
(1966-1969), appointed Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul *
Jayme Henrique Chemello The Archdiocese of Pelotas ( la, Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the eccles ...
(1969-1977), appointed Bishop here *
Jacinto Bergmann The Archdiocese of Pelotas ( la, Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the eccles ...
(2002-2004), appointed Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina (later returned here as Bishop)


Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, (24 January 1969 – ) is the bishop of Montenegro, a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (in the state capital) in Rio Grande ...
, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Montenegro in 2017


Suffragan Sees

* Diocese of Bagé * Diocese of Rio Grande


References


GCatholic.org



Diocese website (Portuguese)
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