The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul ( la, Dioecesis Crucis Australis) is a suffragan see in the

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of the Metropolitan

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, Acre (state), westernmost Amazonian

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. Its

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episcopal see is the Marian Catedral Nossa Senhora da Gloria, in the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 230,966 Catholics (80.6% of 286,462 total) on 126,633 km² in 12 parishes and 99 missions with 25 priests (16 diocesan, 9 religious), 91 lay religious (16 brothers, 75 sisters) and 13 seminarians.

History

* On 22 May 1931,

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established the

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of Juruá, on canonical territory split off from the then

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(later Apostolic Prefecture). *

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elevated the prelature to Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul on 25 June 1987.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

;(Territorial) (Bishop-)Prelates of Juruá * Heinrich Ritter (bishop),

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(C.S.Sp.) (born Germany) (6 September 1935 - death 19 July 1942),

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(1935.09.06 – 1942.07.19) * Father Henrique Klein (1942 - death 1947) * José Hascher, C.S.Sp. (born France) (22 March 1947 - retired 25 February 1967), Titular Bishop of Æliæ (1947.03.22 – death 1973.05.08) * Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. (7 February 1967 - 25 June 1987), Titular Bishop of Leptiminus (1966.06.21 – 1978.05.26), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Jurua (Brazil) (1966.06.21 – 1967.02.07) ;Suffragan Bishops of Cruzeiro do Sul * Heinrich Rüth,

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(25 June 1987 - retired 7 December 1988), died 2006 * Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. (born Germany) (7 December 1988 - 3 January 2001), previously Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Jurua (1979.08.07 – 1987.06.25), (see) promoted and restyled Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (1987.06.25 – 1988.12.07) * Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (3 January 2001 - 19 September 2018), succeeding as former

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of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2001.01.03). * Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (19 September 2018 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

* Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. (1966-1967), as Coadjutor Prelate * Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. (1979-1988), with 1979-1987 as Coadjutor Prelate * Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (1998-2001)

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic - data for all sections
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Porto Velho Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

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