Roman Catholic Diocese of Joaçaba

Diocese of Joaçaba

*Dioecesis Ioassabensis*

Diocese de Joaçaba
Diocese of Joaçaba; Dioecesis Ioassabensis; Diocese de Joaçaba
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Florianópolis
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Florianópolis
Statistics
Area	10,202 km2 (3,939 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006); 310,000; 225,000 (72.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 June 1975; 46 years ago
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	[pt]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wilson Tadeu Jönck, SCI
Bishops emeritus	Osório Bebber
Map
	; Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joaçaba (Latin: Dioecesis Ioassabensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese centered in the city of Joaçaba in the Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. The seat of the diocese is located on the Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child of Jesus, Joaçaba. It is bordered by the Catarinense dioceses of Chapecó, Caçador and Lages, as well as the dioceses of Erexim and Vacaria on the south and the diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão on the north.

History[]

12 June 1975: Established from the dioceses of Caçador, Chapecó and Lages.

Bishops[]

Bishops of Joaçaba (Roman rite)
- Bishop , O.F.M. Cap. (2010.12.22 - present); formerly Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria, Brazil
- Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. (2003.04.09 – 2010.04.14)
- Bishop Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. (1999.03.17 – 2003.04.09)
- Bishop , O.F.M. (1975.06.27 – 1999.03.17)

Coadjutor bishop[]

Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. (2002-2003)

References[]

Coordinates: 27°10′33″S 51°30′16″W / 27.1758°S 51.5045°W / -27.1758; -51.5045

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