Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Chapecó

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Chapecó / Xapecoën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Caçador, Joaçaba, Lages

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santo António de Lisboa (June 13)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.01.14: Established as Diocese of Chapecó / Xapecoën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lages and Territorial Prelature of Palmas and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
1975.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joaçaba
2024.11.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chapecó / Xapecoën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Caçador, Joaçaba and Lages)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.11.05 – ...):

Archbishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (61)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Chapecó (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (61)
(2024.11.05 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

Vinde após mim, e eu vos farei pescadores de homens

Born:	1963.04.18 (Campo Erê, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.12.12

Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (2010.10.11 – 2014.12.03)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (2014.12.03 – 2024.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (2024.11.05 – ...)

Bishops of Chapecó (Roman Rite)

Bishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (61) (later Archbishop)
(2014.12.03 – 2024.11.05)

(see above)

Bishop José Gislon, O.F.M. Cap. (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.06.01 – 2014.12.03)

Bishop Manoel João Francisco (78)
(1998.10.28 – 2014.03.26)

Bishop emeritus of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Em vasos de Argila

Born:	1946.09.05 (Machados, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.21

Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1973.12.08 – 1998.10.28)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (1998.10.28 – 2014.03.26)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (2014.03.26 – 2022.06.22)

Bishop José Gomes
(1968.07.16 – 1998.10.28)

Ut diligatis invicem

Born:	1921.03.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1947.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.06.25
Died:	2002.09.19 († 81)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1961.03.18 – 1968.07.16)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (1968.07.16 – 1998.10.28)

Bishop Wilson Laus Schmidt
(1962.05.18 – 1968.01.22)

Me oportet operari

Born:	1916.05.13 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1939.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.12.08
Died:	1982.05.07 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Rhædestus (1957.09.05 – 1962.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1957.09.05 – 1962.05.18)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (1962.05.18 – 1968.01.22)

Titular Bishop of Sinnada in Mauretania (1968.01.22 – 1971.03.16)

Bishop José Thurler
(1959.02.12 – 1962.03.22)

Born:	1913.06.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1942.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.04.05
Died:	1992.04.23 († 78)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (1959.02.12 – 1962.03.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba (Brazil) (1962.03.22 – 1965.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Capitolias (1962.03.22 – 1992.04.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1966 – 1992.04.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, Chapecó, Santa Catarina
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (54)

Frederico Westphalen (↙), Puerto Iguazú (↖), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↗), Joaçaba (→), Erexim (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,663 km²

Population: 609,600 Catholics (73.0% of 835,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 1,473 missions

Personnel: 85 priests (59 diocesan, 26 religious), 116 religious (44 brothers, 72 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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