The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Maria ( la, Archdioecesis Sanctae Mariae) is an
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
located in the city of
Santa Maria. Before being elevated to an archdiocese itself in 2011 it was part of the
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction
Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...
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 Santa Maria from the
Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre ( la, Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropo ...
* 13 April 2011: Elevated to archdiocese
Special churches
* Basílica Santuário Nossa Senhora Medianeira, minor basilica
Leadership
;Bishops of Santa Maria
*
Miguel de Lima Valverde (6 February 1911 – 10 February 1922)
*
Ático Eusébio da Rocha (27 October 1922 – 17 December 1928)
*
Antônio Reis (31 July 1931 – 14 September 1960)
*
Luís Victor Sartori (14 September 1960 – 10 April 1970)
** Coadjutor bishop 1956–60
*
Érico Ferrari (29 April 1971 – 29 April 1973)
*
José Ivo Lorscheiter
José Ivo Lorscheiter (7 December 1927 – 5 March 2007) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was a bishop from 1965 to his retirement in 2004. He was a leading proponent of liberation theology and denounced abuses of human rights by ...
(5 February 1974 – 24 March 2004)
* Hélio Adelar Rubert (24 March 2004 – 13 April 2011)
;Archbishops of Santa Maria
* Hélio Adelar Rubert (13 April 2011 — present)
;Auxiliary bishops
*
João Cláudio Colling (1949-1951), appointed Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul
*
Walmor Battú Wichrowski (1961-1965), resigned; appointed Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul in 1971
*
Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D. (1969-1971), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
;Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Edson Taschetto (Tasquetto) Damian Edson may refer to:
Places Canada
* Edson, Alberta
United States
* Edson, Kansas, an unincorporated community
* Edson, South Dakota, a ghost town
* Edson, Wisconsin, a town
** Edson (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
People ...
, appointed Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas in 2009
*
José Mário Scalon Angonese, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana in 2013
Suffragan Sees
*
Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
*
Diocese of Cruz Alta
*
Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
*
Diocese of Santo Ângelo
*
Diocese of Uruguaiana
References
GCatholic.orgDiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1910
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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