The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Maria ( la, Archdioecesis Sanctae Mariae) is an

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located in the city of Santa Maria. Before being elevated to an archdiocese itself in 2011 it was part of the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre 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 *

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(29 April 1971 – 29 April 1973) * José Ivo Lorscheiter (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 *

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, O.C.D. (1969-1971), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul ;Other priests of this diocese who became bishops *

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, 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 *

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References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (Portuguese)
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