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Diocese of

Cruz Alta

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santa Maria

Neighbouring Dioceses: Santa Maria (↓), Santo Ângelo (←), Frederico Westphalen (↑), Passo Fundo (↗), Santa Cruz do Sul (↘), Cachoeira do Sul (↘)

History

1971.05.27: Established as Diocese of Cruz Alta / Crucis Altæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Maria)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul

Present Prelates

Bishop (2002.05.08 – ...):

Bishop Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cruz Alta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. (71)
(2002.05.08 – ...)

O Espírito do Senhor está sobre mim, porque me ungiu para evangelizar os pobres

Born:	1942.02.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1970.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.01.31

Coadjutor Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil) (1998.12.09 – 2002.05.08)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2002.05.08 – ...)

Bishop Jacó Roberto Hilgert (87)
(1976.07.19 – 2002.05.08)

Born:	1926.01.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1952.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.09.26

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1976.07.19 – 2002.05.08)

Bishop Nei Paulo Moretto (76)
(1972.11.16 – 1976.01.21)

Born:	1936.05.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.01.28

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1972.11.16 – 1976.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1976.01.21 – 1983.05.26)

Bishop of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1983.05.26 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop Walmor Battú Wichrowski
(1971.05.27 – 1972.11.16)

Born:	1920.10.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1945.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.05.25
Died:	2001.10.31 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Sanavus (1958.02.14 – 1960.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1958.02.14 – 1960.04.23)

Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil) (1960.04.23 – 1961.05.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1961.05.31 – 1965)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (1961.05.31 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 1972.11.16)

Titular Bishop of Phelbes (1972.11.16 – 2001.10.31)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pedro Ercílio Simon (71) (later Archbishop) (1990.10.24 – 1995.07.05)

as of 2013.05.03

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