The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro () is a

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in the

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of its mother see, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (in the state capital) in

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state, southernmost

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. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral de São João Batista, dedicated to

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in the city of Montenegro, Brazil.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 285,590 Catholics (76.0% of 375,589 total) on 4,385 km² in 30 parishes with 49 priests (39 diocesan, 10 religious), 4 deacons, 148 lay religious (24 brothers, 124 sisters) and 18 seminarians.

History

The diocese was erected by

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on 2 July 2008, on territory split off from its Metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

* Paulo Antônio de Conto (born Brazil) (2 July 2008 - 18 October 2017), also

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(Brazil) (2015.07.15 – 2015.12.02); previously Bishop of São Luíz de Caceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27), Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02) *

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(18 October 2017 - ...); previously

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(2017.03.22 – 2017.10.18), neither previous prelature nor

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Coadjutor bishop

(2017)

References

Sources and external links

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Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro () is 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 do Sul state, southernmost Brazil. Its c ...

Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Porto Alegre Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century

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