Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Cruzeiro do Sul / Crucis Australis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Porto Velho

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Ramón (↙), Pucallpa (←), Alto Solimões (↗), Tefé (↗), Lábrea (→), Rio Branco (↘), Puerto Maldonado (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

1931.05.22: Established as Territorial Prelature of Juruá / Iuruen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Manaus
1987.06.25: Promoted as Diocese of Cruzeiro do Sul / Crucis Australis (Latin)
2001.08.31: Became suffragan of Porto Velho

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.09.19 – ...):

Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cruzeiro do Sul (Roman Rite)

Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (71)
(2018.09.19 – ...)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Que todos se sintam amados por Deus

Born:	1954.06.05 (Murello, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.12.08

Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil) (1997.10.08 – 2012.09.19)

Bishop of Santarém (Brazil) (2012.09.19 – 2018.09.19)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (2018.09.19 – ...)

Bishop Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (83)
(2001.01.03 – 2018.09.19)

Bishop emeritus of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Alegria no Espírito

Born:	1942.09.18 (Wenceslau Braz, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.02

Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2001.01.03)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (2001.01.03 – 2018.09.19)

Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp.
(1988.12.07 – 2001.01.03)

Veritas liberabit vos

Born:	1925.11.23 (Bardenberg, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.11.11
Died:	2017.12.31 (Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil † 92)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) (1979.08.07 – 1987.06.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (1987.06.25 – 1988.12.07)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (1988.12.07 – 2001.01.03)

Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp.
(1987.06.25 – 1988.12.07)

Born:	1913.01.04 (Essen-Steele, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1939.11.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.10.02
Died:	2006.10.23 († 93)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) (1966.06.21 – 1967.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Leptiminus (1966.06.21 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) (1967.02.07 – 1987.06.25)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (1987.06.25 – 1988.12.07)

Prelates of Juruá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp.
(1967.02.07 – 1987.06.25)

(see above)

Bishop José Hascher, C.S.Sp.
(1947.03.22 – 1967.02.07)

Born:	1890.12.09 (Michelbach-le Haut, France)
Ordained Priest:	1920.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.06.05
Died:	1973.05.08 († 82)

Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) (1947.03.22 – 1967.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Æliæ (1947.03.22 – 1973.05.08)

Fr. Henrique Klein
(1942 – 1947)

Died:

1947

Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) (1942 – 1947)

Bishop Heinrich Ritter, C.S.Sp.
(1935.09.06 – 1942.07.19)

Born:	1879.05.06 (Niederndorf, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1904.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.10.24
Died:	1942.07.19 († 63)

Titular Bishop of Rhosus (1935.09.06 – 1942.07.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Juruá (Brazil) (1935.09.06 – 1942.07.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Mosé João Pontelo, C.S.Sp. (83) (1998.05.27 – 2001.01.03)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. (1987.06.25 – 1988.12.07)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Luís Herbst, C.S.Sp. (1979.08.07 – 1987.06.25)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Heinrich Rüth, C.S.Sp. (1966.06.21 – 1967.02.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre

Churches by City (12)

San Ramón (↙), Pucallpa (←), Alto Solimões (↗), Tefé (↗), Lábrea (→), Rio Branco (↘), Puerto Maldonado (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 127,614 km²

Population: 185,000 Catholics (56.1% of 329,948 total)

Pastoral Centres: 15 parishes

Personnel: 26 priests (17 diocesan, 9 religious), 58 religious (11 brothers, 47 sisters), 14 seminarians