Santa Maria (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateEventFromTo Diocese of Santa Maria 15 August 1910ErectedDiocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul (S. Maria, S. Francisco de Paola, Vaccaria, the colony of Sananduva, Soledade, Passo Fundo, Nonohay, S. Antonio da Palmeira, S. Miguel, S. Angelo, S. Pedro do Ninçao, Cruz Alta, Silveira Martins, Valle Veneto, S. Martinho, Julio de Castilhos (Villa Rica)..) Diocese of Santa Maria (erected) 13 February 1937Territory LostDiocese of Santa Maria (Rio Pardo and Candelaria) Archdiocese of Porto Alegre 10 March 1951Territory LostDiocese of Santa Maria (Passo Fundo, Carasinno, Sarandi, Getúlio Vargas, Erechim, and part of Marcelino Ramos) Diocese of Passo Fundo (erected) 22 May 1961Territory LostDiocese of Passo Fundo (Cities of Constantina and Nonoai)
Diocese of Santa Maria (Cities of Frederico Westphalen, Campo Novo, Crissiumal, Humaitá, Irai, Palmeira das Missöes, Santo Augusto, Seberí, Tenente Portela, and Tres Passos) Diocese of Frederico Westphalen (erected) 27 May 1971Territory LostDiocese of Santa Maria Diocese of Cruz Alta (erected) (Crux Alta, Ijuí, Soledade, Espumoso, S. Barbara do Sul, Ibirubá, Chapada, Barros Cassai, Condor, Ajuncaba, Augusto Pestana, Pejuçara, Panambi, Xavier Fontoura and Viia Joia, Itauba, and Mauricio Cardoso to Tupanciretä, Arroio do Tigre and Arvorezinha) 19 June 1972Territory AddedDiocese of Bagé (Mata and Sao Vincente do Sul) Diocese of Santa Maria 17 July 1991Territory LostDiocese of Santa Maria (Agudo, Arroios do Tigre, Caçapava do Sul, Cachoeira do Sul, Cerro Branco, Ibarama, Paraiso do Sul, Santana da Boa Vista, Segredo, and Sobradinho) Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul (erected) 12 December 1997Territory AddedDiocese of Bagé (Santa Maria de Victoriis (in Cacequi) and Saint Rita (in Laranjeiras)) Diocese of Santa Maria Archdiocese of Santa Maria 13 April 2011ElevatedDiocese of Santa Maria Archdiocese of Santa Maria