Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Hamburgo is a diocese
located in the city of Novo Hamburgo
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Porto Alegre
in Brazil.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
located in the city of Novo Hamburgo
Novo Hamburgo
Novo Hamburgo is a city in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.Its population is 237,044 . The city covers an area of 217 square kilometers, and the average temperature is 19°C, a mild one for the region...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Porto Alegre
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. It was erected as the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande by Pope Pius IX on May 7, 1848, and elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius...
in Brazil.
History
- February 2, 1980: Established as Diocese of Novo Hamburgo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre
Leadership
- BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s 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 KloppenburgCarlos KloppenburgCarlos Kloppenburg, O.F.M. was a German-born Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.Carlos Kloppenburg was born in Molbergen near Oldenburg, Germany, on November 2, 1919...
, O.F.M. (1986.08.08 – 1995.11.22) - Bishop Aloísio Sinésio Bohn (1980.02.13 – 1986.06.27)