Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Joinville 𝐖

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Joinville / Ioinvillen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Blumenau, Rio do Sul

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1927.01.17: Established as Diocese of Joinville / Ioinvillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Catarina and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
1968.11.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rio do Sul
2000.04.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Blumenau
2024.11.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Joinville / Ioinvillen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Blumenau and Rio do Sul)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.11.05 – ...):

Archbishop Francisco Carlos Bach (70)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Joinville (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francisco Carlos Bach (70)
(2024.11.05 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Born:	1954.05.04 (Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.27

Priest of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1977.12.03 – 2005.07.27)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (2005.07.27 – 2012.10.03)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2012.10.03 – 2017.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2017.04.19 – 2024.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2024.11.05 – ...)

Bishops of Joinville (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach (70) (later Archbishop)
(2017.04.19 – 2024.11.05)

(see above)

Bishop Irineu Roque Scherer
(2007.05.30 – 2016.07.01)

Fides mundum vincit

Born:	1950.12.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.20
Died:	2016.07.01 († 65)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2007.05.30 – 2016.07.01)

Bishop Orlando Brandes (78) (later Archbishop)
(1994.03.09 – 2006.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Somos Operários de Deus

Born:	1946.04.13 (Urubici, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.06.05

Priest of Lages (Brazil) (1974.07.06 – 1994.03.09)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (1994.03.09 – 2006.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil) (2006.05.10 – 2016.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (2016.11.16 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Limeira (Brazil) (2019.05.17 – 2019.11.20)

Bishop Gregório Warmeling
(1957.04.03 – 1994.03.09)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1918.04.17 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.29
Died:	1997.01.03 († 78)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (1957.04.03 – 1994.03.09)

Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1956 – 1957.04.03)

Bishop Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M.
(1929.01.25 – 1955.01.19)

Vivo autem jam non ego

Born:	1885.04.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1908.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.06.09
Died:	1963.05.19 († 78)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (1929.01.25 – 1955.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1955.01.19 – 1963.05.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. (1949.03.15 – 1952.05.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São Francisco Xavier, Joinville, Santa Catarina
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (66)

Rio do Sul (↙), Caçador (←), União da Vitória (←), São José dos Pinhais (↖), Paranaguá (↑), Blumenau (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,508 km²

Population: 896,000 Catholics (69.0% of 1,298,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 65 parishes, 427 missions

Personnel: 151 priests (91 diocesan, 60 religious), 86 deacons, 187 religious (89 brothers, 98 sisters), 20 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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