Diocese of Frederico Westphalen, Brazil 🇧🇷
Celebrations
History
- 1961.05.22: Established as Diocese of Frederico Westphalen / Vestphalenian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Passo Fundo and Diocese of Santa Maria and became suffragan of Porto Alegre)
- 2011.04.13: Became suffragan of Passo Fundo
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 11,473 km²
Population: 277,692 Catholics (75.0% of 370,143 total)
Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 77 priests (62 diocesan, 15 religious), 4 deacons, 127 religious (48 brothers, 79 sisters), 35 seminarians