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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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

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s of Pelotas (Roman rite) ** Francisco de Campos Barreto † (12 May 1911 - 30 July 1920) Appointed, Bishop of

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** Joaquim Ferreira de Mello † (15 March 1921 - 22 September 1940) Died **

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† (31 January 1942 - 1 September 1977) Resigned ** Jayme Henrique Chemello (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

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(1966-1969), appointed Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul * Jayme Henrique Chemello (1969-1977), appointed Bishop here *

(2002-2004), appointed Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina (later returned here as Bishop)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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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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