Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre

Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia Arquidiocese de Porto Alegre
Cathedral of Our Lady, Mother of God, Porto Alegre
Location
Country	Brazil
Territory	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
Ecclesiastical province	Porto Alegre
Statistics
Area	13,530 km2 (5,220 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 3,395,000 2,527,000 (74.4%)
Parishes	156
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 May 1848 (176 years ago)
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of Porto Alegre
Patron saint	Saint Peter
Secular priests	362
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Jaime Spengler
Auxiliary Bishops	Leomar Antônio Brustolin Aparecido Donizete de Souza Adilson Pedro Busin Darley José Kummer
Bishops emeritus	Dadeus Grings
Map
Jurisdiction of the archdiocese. Suffragan dioceses in pink.
Website
arquidiocesepoa.org.br

The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre (Latin: Archidioecesis Portalegrensis in Brasilia) is a Latin-Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.

The Archdiocese's mother church and Metropolitan seat of its Archbishop is the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Mother of God in Porto Alegre. Archbishop Emeritus Dadeus Grings was succeeded by the current incumbent, Archbishop Jaime Spengler, who was appointed on 18 September 2013 by Pope Francis, and installed on 15 November 2013.^[1]