Diocese of Lages, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lages / Lagen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chapecó

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1927.01.17: Established as Diocese of Lages / Lagen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Catarina and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
1933.12.09: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Palmas
1958.01.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chapecó
1968.11.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caçador
1975.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joaçaba
2024.11.05: Became suffragan of Chapecó

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.02.07 – ...):

Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lages (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F. (74)
(2018.02.07 – ...)

Bishop of Lages (Brazil)

Para que todos tenham vida

Born:	1950.08.05 (São Carlos, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.07.17

Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07)

Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...)

Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (74)
(2009.11.11 – 2016.11.30)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)

Fazer o amor ser amado

Born:	1949.12.15 (Iacri, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.01.24

Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2009.11.11 – 2016.11.30)

Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (2016.11.30 – ...)

Bishop João Oneres Marchiori
(1987.02.18 – 2009.11.11)

Prepara Caminho Seguro

Born:	1933.05.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.17
Died:	2017.06.27 († 84)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (1977.01.25 – 1983.04.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1983.04.18 – 1987.02.18)

Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1987.02.18 – 2009.11.11)

Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I.
(1973.11.17 – 1987.02.18)

Born:	1911.11.16 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1936.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.10.11
Died:	1990.10.23 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Termessus (1959.07.11 – 1961.12.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1959.07.11 – 1961.12.14)

Bishop of Nova Iguaçu (Brazil) (1961.12.14 – 1966.02.12)

Titular Bishop of Castellum Iabar (1966.02.12 – 1973.11.17)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1966.02.12 – 1973.11.17)

Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1973.11.17 – 1987.02.18)

Bishop Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M.
(1929.08.02 – 1973.11.17)

Born:	1890.04.02
Ordained Priest:	1917.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.09.29
Died:	1973.11.17 († 83)

Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1929.08.02 – 1973.11.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop João Oneres Marchiori (1983.04.18 – 1987.02.18)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. (1966.02.12 – 1973.11.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. (1970.02.14 – 1974)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Niehues (later Archbishop) (1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres, Lages, Santa Catarina

Churches by City (25)

Joaçaba (↖), Caçador (↑), Rio do Sul (↗), Florianópolis (↗), Tubarão (→), Criciúma (↘), Vacaria (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,207 km²

Population: 351,000 Catholics (85.6% of 410,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 35 priests (diocesan), 10 deacons, 8 religious (8 sisters), 6 seminarians