Roman Catholic Diocese of Joinville
Diocese of Joinville Dioecesis Ioinvillensis Diocese de Joinville | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Florianópolis |
| Metropolitan | Florianópolis |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,478 km2 (3,659 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 986,000 641,000 (65.0%) |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 17 January 1927 (94 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Joinville |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Francisco Carlos Bach |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Wilson Tadeu Jönck, SCI |
| Map | |
 Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink. | |
| Website | |
| www.diocesejoinville.com.br | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joinville (Latin: Dioecesis Ioinvillensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil.
Its cathedral episcopal ses is Catedral São Francisco Xavier, dedicated to saint Francis Xavier, in the city of Joinville.
History[]
- Established on 17 January 1927 as Diocese of Joinville, on territory split off from the Diocese of Santa Caterina.
- Lost territories repeatedly : on 1968.11.23 to establish the Diocese of Rio do Sul and on 2000.04.19 to establish the Diocese of Blumenau
Statistics[]
As per 2014, it pastorally served 744,219 Catholics (65.0% of 1,144,952 total) on 9,508 km² in 53 parishes and 5 missions with 118 priests (64 diocesan, 54 religious), 55 deacons, 228 lay religious (104 brothers, 124 sisters) and 26 seminarians.
Bishops[]
Episcopal ordinaries[]
- Suffragan Bishops of Joinville
- , Congregation of the Mission (C.M., Lazarists) (1929.01.25 – retired 1955.01.19), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Voncaria (1955.01.19 – death 1963.05.19)
- Apostolic Administrator Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M. (1956 – 1957.04.03), while Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Curitiba (Brazil) (1950 – retired 1963), died 1984; previously only Apostolic Prefect of Shundefu 順德府 (China) (1933.10.26 – 1944.01.13), Titular Bishop of Binda (1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11) as only Apostolic Vicar of Shundefu 順德府 (China) (1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11), promoted first Suffragan Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950)
- (1957.04.03 – retired 1994.03.09), died 1997
- Orlando Brandes (1994.03.09 – 2006.05.10), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil) (2006.05.10 – 2016.11.16), Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (2016.11.16 – ...)
- Irineu Roque Scherer (2007.05.30 – death 2016.07.02), previously Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30)
- Francisco Carlos Bach (2017.04.19 – ...), previously Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (2005.07.27 – 2012.10.03), Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2012.10.03 – 2017.04.19) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25).
Coadjutor bishop[]
- , O.F.M. Cap. (1949-1952), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais
See also[]
Sources and external links[]
- GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections
- Diocese website (Portuguese)
- Catholic Hierarchy
Coordinates: 26°18′19″S 48°50′45″W / 26.3054°S 48.8458°W
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