Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montenegro (Latin: Dioecesis Nigromontana) 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.

Diocese of Montenegro

Dioecesis Nigromontana
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provincePorto Alegre
Statistics
Area4,395 km2 (1,697 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
340,000
283,119 (83.3%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established2 July 2008 (11 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de São João Batista
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopCarlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva
Metropolitan ArchbishopJaime Spengler
Bishops emeritusPaulo Antônio de Conto
Website
www.diocesemontenegro.com.br

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de São João Batista, dedicated to John the Baptist 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 Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2008, on territory split off from its Metropolitan see, the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre.[1][2]

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries
  • Paulo Antônio de Conto (born Brazil) (2 July 2008 - 18 October 2017), also Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.07.15 – 2015.12.02); previously Bishop of São Luíz de Caceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27), Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)
  • Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva (18 October 2017 - ...); previously Coadjutor Bishop (2017.03.22 – 2017.10.18), neither previous prelature nor titular see.

Coadjutor bishop

See also

References
  1. "Diocese of Montenegro". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  2. "Diocese of Montenegro". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.



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