Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Hamburgo

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Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
Dioecesis Novohamburgensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Porto Alegre
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 3,691 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
961,783 (2004)
721,338 (75.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Basílica São Luís Gonzaga
Ordinaries
Bishop: Zeno Hastenteufel

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Hamburgo {Latin: Novohamburgen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Novo Hamburgo in the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • February 2, 1980: Established as Diocese of Novo Hamburgo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Novo Hamburgo (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel (2007.03.28 – present)
    • Bishop Osvino José Both (later Archbishop) (1995.11.22 – 2006.06.07)
    • Bishop Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. (1986.08.08 – 1995.11.22)
    • Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn (1980.02.13 – 1986.06.27)

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