Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Florianópolis (Português) / Florianopolitan(us) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Blumenau, Caçador, Chapecó, Criciúma, Joaçaba, Joinville, Lages, Rio do Sul, Tubarão
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Santa Catarina de Alexandria (November 25)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 7 (1922)
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.09.28 – ...): | Archbishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (72) |
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.11.01 – ...): | Bishop Onécimo Alberton (59) Titular Bishop of Dagnum |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Florianópolis (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Archbishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)
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Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (80) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)
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Archbishop Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Alfonso Niehues
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Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira
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Bishops of Santa Catarina (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop João Batista Becker (later Archbishop)
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Area: 8,225 km²
Population: 1,248,126 Catholics (64.3% of 1,940,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 74 parishes, 3 missions
Personnel: 209 priests (145 diocesan, 64 religious), 160 deacons, 513 religious (129 brothers, 384 sisters), 50 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.05.15
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