Diocese of

Blumenau 𝐖

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Blumenau / Florumpraten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Joinville

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Paul of Tarsus (January 25)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2000.04.19: Established as Diocese of Blumenau / Florumpraten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Diocese of Joinville and Diocese of Rio do Sul and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
2024.11.05: Became suffragan of Joinville

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.06.24 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Biernaski (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Blumenau (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Biernaski (69)
(2015.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil)

Evangelizare misit me

Born:	1955.11.01 (Curitiba, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.15

Priest of Curitiba (Brazil) (1981.12.13 – 2010.02.10)

Titular Bishop of Ruspæ (2010.02.10 – 2015.06.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2010.02.10 – 2015.06.24)

Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil) (2015.06.24 – ...)

Bishop João Francisco Salm (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.01.25 – 2015.06.24)

Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E. (65)
(2009.02.18 – 2014.10.29)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil)

Basta-te a minha graça

Born:	1959.09.19 (Milano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.03.05

Titular Bishop of Puppi (2005.12.14 – 2009.02.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2005.12.14 – 2009.02.18)

Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil) (2009.02.18 – 2014.10.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (2014.10.29 – 2015.12.02)

Bishop of Santo Amaro (Brazil) (2015.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Angélico Sândalo Bernardino (91)
(2000.04.19 – 2009.02.18)

Bishop emeritus of Blumenau (Brazil)

Born:	1933.01.19 (Saltinho de Piracicaba, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.01.25

Titular Bishop of Tambeæ (1974.12.12 – 2000.04.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1974.12.12 – 2000.04.19)

Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil) (2000.04.19 – 2009.02.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Paulo Apóstolo, Blumenau, Santa Catarina
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (41)

Rio do Sul (↙), Joinville (↑), Florianópolis (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,835 km²

Population: 618,172 Catholics (73.6% of 839,483 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes, 240 missions

Personnel: 61 priests (43 diocesan, 18 religious), 54 deacons, 53 religious (18 brothers, 35 sisters), 9 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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