Diocese of Criciúma, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Criciúma / Criciumen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Florianópolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: São José

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1998.05.27: Established as Diocese of Criciúma / Criciumen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tubarão and became suffragan of Florianópolis)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.09.16 – ...):

Bishop Jacinto Inácio Flach (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Criciúma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacinto Inácio Flach (72)
(2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil)

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Born:	1952.02.26 (Bom Principio, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.02.05

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1988.05.07 – 2003.11.12)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari (2003.11.12 – 2009.09.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2003.11.12 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (82)
(1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)

Bishop emeritus of Montenegro (Brazil)

Mihi Vivere Christus

Born:	1942.10.12 (Encantado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.15

Priest of Santa Cruz do Sul (Brazil) (1968.07.13 – 1991.07.24)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil) (2008.07.02 – 2017.10.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.07.15 – 2015.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2020.01.22 – 2020.05.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Cascavel (Brazil) (2024.02.13 – 2024.05.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São José, Criciúma, Santa Catarina
Minor Basilica: Santuário Basílica Sagrado Coração Misericordioso de Jesus, Içara, Santa Catarina
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (43)

Osório (↙), Caxias do Sul (←), Vacaria (←), Lages (↖), Tubarão (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,094 km²

Population: 484,880 Catholics (80.0% of 606,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 79 priests (65 diocesan, 14 religious), 141 religious (15 brothers, 126 sisters), 18 seminarians