Diocese of Caçador, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Caçador / Captatoropolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chapecó

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis of Assisi

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.11.23: Established as Diocese of Caçador / Captatoropolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lages and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
1975.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joaçaba
2024.11.05: Became suffragan of Chapecó

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Cleocir Bonetti (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Caçador (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cleocir Bonetti (53)
(2021.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil)

Patris corde

Born:	1972.08.06 (São Valentim, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1999.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.09.12

Priest of Caçador (Brazil) (1999.02.06 – 2021.06.30)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (2021.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (71) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.06 – 2020.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil)

Acolher e cuidar

Born:	1954.06.10 (Petrolândia, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.25

Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2005.05.11 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (2011.07.06 – 2020.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (2020.07.01 – ...)

Bishop Luíz Carlos Eccel (72)
(1998.11.18 – 2010.11.24)

Bishop emeritus of Caçador (Brazil)

Amar e Servir

Born:	1952.12.24 (Brusque, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.07

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (1998.11.18 – 2010.11.24)

Bishop Luiz Colussi
(1983.12.05 – 1996.12.04)

Grandis restat via

Born:	1931.07.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.03.07
Died:	1996.12.04 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Gor (1978.01.03 – 1980.03.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1980.03.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1980.03.28 – 1980.10.11)

Bishop of Lins (Brazil) (1980.10.11 – 1983.12.05)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (1983.12.05 – 1996.12.04)

Bishop João Oneres Marchiori
(1977.01.25 – 1983.04.18)

Prepara Caminho Seguro

Born:	1933.05.02 (Carazinho, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.04.17
Died:	2017.06.27 (Lages, SC, Brazil † 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 Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. (95)
(1969.03.12 – 1976.04.01)

Bishop emeritus of Vacaria (Brazil)

Cor ad cor loquitur

Born:	1930.06.22 (Antonio Prado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1956.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.05.25

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (1969.03.12 – 1976.04.01)

Bishop of Barra (Brazil) (1976.04.01 – 1983.05.30)

Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil) (1983.05.30 – 1986.02.05)

Bishop of Vacaria (Brazil) (1986.02.05 – 2003.11.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Francisco de Assis, Caçador, Santa Catarina
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (24)

Joaçaba (↙), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (←), União da Vitória (↑), Joinville (→), Rio do Sul (↘), Lages (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,398 km²

Population: 300,843 Catholics (73.7% of 408,324 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes

Personnel: 60 priests (51 diocesan, 9 religious), 1 deacon, 64 religious (11 brothers, 53 sisters), 6 seminarians