Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul

Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul

*Dioecesis Crucis Australis*
Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul; Dioecesis Crucis Australis
	Cathedral of Our Lady of Glory
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Porto Velho
Statistics
Area	126,633 km2 (48,893 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2011); 261,000; 201,000 (77%)
Parishes	12
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 May 1931 (93 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Roque Paloschi
Bishops emeritus	Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp.
Website
	www.diocesecruzeirodosul.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul (Latin: Dioecesis Crucis Australis) is a suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Velho, Acre (state), westernmost Amazonian Brazil.

Its cathedral 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, Pope Pius XI established the Territorial Prelature of Juruá, on canonical territory split off from the then Territorial Prelature of Tefé (later Apostolic Prefecture).
Pope John Paul II elevated the prelature to Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul on 25 June 1987.^[1]^[2]

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

(Territorial) (Bishop-)Prelates of Juruá

Heinrich Ritter (bishop), Holy Ghost Fathers (C.S.Sp.) (born Germany) (6 September 1935 - death 19 July 1942), Titular Bishop of Rhosus (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, C.S.Sp. (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 Coadjutor Bishop 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

^ "Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
^ "Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

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[hierarchy-1] "Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

[gcatholic-2] "Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-10.

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