Archdiocese of Pelotas

Archdiocese of Pelotas; Archidioecesis Pelotensis
	Cathedral of St. Francis of Paola Cathedral of St. Francis of Paola
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Pelotas
Statistics
Area	20,737 km2 (8,007 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2004); 543,732; 315,000 (57.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	15 August 1910 (116 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint Francis of Paola
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Jacinto Bergmann
Website
	arquidiocesedepelotas.org

The Archdiocese of Pelotas (Latin: Archidioecesis Pelotensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul. Before being elevated to an archdiocese in its own right on April 13, 2011, it was part of the ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre in Brazil.

History

15 August 1910: Established as Diocese of Pelotas from the Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande
13 April 2011: Elevated to archdiocese

Bishops of Pelotas (Roman rite)
- Franciscus de Campos Barreto † (12 May 1911 – 30 July 1920) Appointed, Bishop of Campinas
- Ioachimus Ferreira de Melo † (15 March 1921 – 22 September 1940) Died
- Antonio Zattera † (31 January 1942 – 1 September 1977) Resigned
- Jayme Chemello † (1 September 1977 – 1 July 2009) Resigned
- Jacinto Bergmann (1 July 2009 – 13 April 2011) Appointed archbishop
Archbishops of Pelotas (Roman rite)
- Jacinto Bergmann (13 April 2011 – present)

Angelo Félix Mugnol (1966–1969), appointed Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul
Jayme Henrique Chemello (1969–1977), appointed Bishop here
Jacinto Bergmann (2002–2004), appointed Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina (later returned here as Bishop)

≠Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Montenegro in 2017

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pelotas is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.^[1]