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Diocese of

Frederico Westphalen

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Passo Fundo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cruz Alta (↓), Santo Ângelo (↙), Oberá (←), Puerto Iguazú (↖), Chapecó (↗), Erexim (→), Passo Fundo (↘)

Cathedral Dedication: January 31 (1960)

Website:

History

1961.05.22: Established as Diocese of Frederico Westphalen / Vestphalenian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passo Fundo and Diocese of Santa Maria)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.06.11 – ...):

Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Frederico Westphalen (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller (60)
(2008.06.11 – ...)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil)

Illum oportet crescere

Born:	1953.02.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.08.02

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (2008.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Zeno Hastenteufel (67)
(2001.12.12 – 2007.03.28)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)

Nuntio Vobis Gaudium

Born:	1946.06.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.08

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (2001.12.12 – 2007.03.28)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (2007.03.28 – ...)

Bishop Bruno Maldaner
(1971.05.27 – 2001.12.12)

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:	1924.08.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.06.29
Died:	2008.11.16 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Mauretania (1966.04.15 – 1971.05.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1966.04.15 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 2001.12.12)

Bishop João Aloysio Hoffmann
(1962.03.26 – 1971.05.27)

Born:	1919.06.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.10
Died:	1998.06.27 († 79)

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil) (1962.03.26 – 1971.05.27)

Bishop of Erexim (Brazil) (1971.05.27 – 1994.01.26)

as of 2013.10.31

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