Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Florianópolis (Português) / Florianopolitan(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Criciúma, Tubarão

Neighbouring Dioceses: Lages (↙), Rio do Sul (←), Blumenau (↖), Tubarão (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santa Catarina de Alexandria (November 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 7 (1922)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1908.03.19: Established as Diocese of Santa Catarina (Português) / Sanctæ Cathorinæ (Latin) (from Diocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
1910.08.15: Became suffragan of Porto Alegre
1927.01.17: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis (Português) / Florianopolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Joinville and Lages and lost territory to establish Diocese of Joinville and Diocese of Lages)
1954.12.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Tubarão and gained suffragan see Tubarão
1958.01.14: Gained suffragan see Chapecó
1968.11.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rio do Sul and gained suffragan sees Caçador and Rio do Sul
1975.06.12: Gained suffragan see Joaçaba
1998.05.27: Gained suffragan see Criciúma
2000.04.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Blumenau and gained suffragan see Blumenau
2024.11.05: Lost suffragan sees Blumenau, Caçador, Chapecó, Joaçaba, Joinville, Lages and Rio do Sul

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.10)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.09.28 – ...):	Archbishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (74)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.11.01 – ...):	Bishop Onécimo Alberton (61) Titular Bishop of Dagnum

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Florianópolis (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (74)
(2011.09.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Amar é dar a Vida

Born:	1951.07.10 (Vidal Ramos, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.16

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (2003.06.11 – 2010.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2003.06.11 – 2010.05.26)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (2010.05.26 – 2011.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2011.09.28 – ...)

Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (82)
(2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1943.09.19 (Brusque, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.04.28

Titular Bishop of Lysinia (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1991.05.08 – 1997.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (1997.05.07 – 2002.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2011.01.12 – 2020.03.11)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2015.04.20 – 2019.05.06)

Archbishop Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. (later Cardinal)
(1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25)

Deus é bom

Born:	1932.12.08 (Luzerna, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.05.01
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21
Died:	2021.01.13 (São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2001.07.25 – 2009.02.27)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (2001.10.03 – 2010.07.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (2003.10.21 [2004.06.14] – 2021.01.13)

Archbishop Alfonso Niehues
(1967.05.18 – 1991.01.23)

Ite in vineam

Born:	1914.08.23 (São Ludgero, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1938.04.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.04.05
Died:	1993.09.30 (Azambuja, SC, Brazil † 79)

Titular Bishop of Eurœa in Epiro (1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03)

Titular Archbishop of Aptuca (1965.08.03 – 1967.05.18)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1965.08.03 – 1967.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1967.05.18 – 1991.01.23)

Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira
(1927.01.17 – 1967.05.18)

Qui præest in sollicitudine

Born:	1878.12.04 (Villanova de Gaia, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.05.31
Died:	1967.05.18 (Florianópolis, SC, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1927.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1927.01.17 – 1967.05.18)

Bishops of Santa Catarina (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (later Archbishop)
(1914.04.02 – 1927.01.17)

(see above)

Bishop João Batista Becker (later Archbishop)
(1908.05.03 – 1912.08.01)

Pascam in judicio

Born:	1870.02.24 (Sankt Wendel, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1896.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.09.13
Died:	1946.06.15 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil † 76)

Bishop of Santa Catarina (Brazil) (1908.05.03 – 1912.08.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1912.08.01 – 1946.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Vacaria (Brazil) (1934.09.08 – 1936.06.27)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Alfonso Niehues (1965.08.03 – 1967.05.18)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Felício César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. (1957.04.03 – 1965.03.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Negri (Giuseppe), P.I.M.E. (66) (2005.12.14 – 2009.02.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vito Schlickmann (1995.01.25 – 2004.03.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (82) (later Archbishop) (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Special Churches

Churches by City (79)

Lages (↙), Rio do Sul (←), Blumenau (↖), Tubarão (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

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