Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Passo Fundo

History

• March 10, 1951: Established as Diocese of Passo Fundo from the Diocese of Santa Maria
• April 13, 2011: Elevated to archdiocese

  Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Archbishops of Passo Fundo, below
• *Archbishop Rodolfo Luís Weber
• *Archbishop Antonio Carlos Altieri ; formerly, Bishop of Caraguatatuba
• *Archbishop Pedro Ercílio Simon
• Bishops of Passo Fundo, below
• * Bishop Pedro Ercílio Simon
• * Bishop Urbano José Allgayer
• * Bishop João Cláudio Colling, appointed Archbishop of Porto Alegre

  Coadjutor bishop

• Pedro Ercílio Simon

  Auxiliary bishop

• Liro Vendelino Meurer, appointed Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Osvino José Both, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 1990

  Suffragan Sees

• Diocese of Erexim
• Diocese of Frederico Westphalen
• Diocese of Vacaria