Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Maria
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Maria is an archdiocese located in the city of Santa Maria. Before being elevated to an archdiocese itself in 2011 it was part of the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil.History
- Archbishops of Santa Maria, below
- * Archbishop Hélio Adelar Rubert
- Bishops of Santa Maria, below
- * Bishop Hélio Adelar Rubert
- * Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter
- * Bishop Érico Ferrari
- * Bishop Luís Victor Sartori
- * Bishop Antônio Reis
- * Bishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha, appointed Bishop of Cafelândia; future Archbishop
- * Bishop Miguel de Lima Valverde, appointed Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
Coadjutor bishop
- Luís Victor Sartori
Auxiliary bishops
- João Cláudio Colling, appointed Bishop of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul
- Walmor Battú Wichrowski, resigned; appointed Bishop of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul in 1971
- Antônio do Carmo Cheuiche, O.C.D., appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Edson Taschetto Damian, appointed Bishop of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas in 2009
- José Mário Scalon Angonese, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana in 2013
Suffragan Sees
- Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul
- Diocese of Cruz Alta
- Diocese of Santa Cruz do Sul
- Diocese of Santo Ângelo
- Diocese of Uruguaiana
