Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia
Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God, Porto Alegre
Location
Country	Brazil
Territory	Gravataí, Glorinha, Alvorada, Cachoeirinha, Viamão, Guaíba, Arambaré, Arroio dos Ratos, Barão do Triunfo, Barra do Ribeiro, Butiá, Camaquã, Cerro Grande do Sul, Charqueadas, Chuvisca, Cristal, Eldorado do Sul, General Câmara, Mariana Pimentel, Minas do Leão, São Jerônimo, Sentinela do Sul, Sertão Santana e Tapes, Canoas, Esteio, Sapucaia do Sul, Nova Santa Rita and Porto Alegre.
Ecclesiastical province	Rio Grande do Sul
Metropolitan	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Population - Catholics	2,401,782
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	August 15, 1910
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God
Patron saint	Mother of God
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Archbishop	Dadeus Grings Archbishop of Porto Alegre
Auxiliary Bishop	Remídio José Bohn, Jaime Spengler and Agenor Girardi
Website
arquidiocesepoa.org.br

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Latin: Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) 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 X on August 15, 1910.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God. The current Archbishop of Porto Alegre is His Excellency Dadeus Grings, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on February 7, 2001.

List of bishops and archbishops of Porto Alegre

• Feliciano Rodrigues de Araujo Prates (1851–1858)
• Sebastião Dias Laranjeira (1860–1888)
• Cláudio Gonçalves Ponce de Leon, CM (1890–1912)
• João Becker (1912–1946)
• Alfredo Scherer (1946–1981)
• João Colling (1981–1991)
• Altamiro Rossato, CSSR (1991–2001)
• Dadeus Grings (2001–present)

Suffragan Sees

• Diocese of Caxias do Sul
• Diocese of Montenegro
• Diocese of Novo Hamburgo
• Diocese of Osório

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Brazil

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• Giga-Catholic Information
• "Archdiocese of Porto Alegre". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12289b.htm.