Roman Catholic Diocese of Joinville
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.
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 |
| Website | |
| www.diocesejoinville.com.br | |
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
- Pio de Freitas Silveira, 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)
- Gregório Warmeling (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
- Inácio João Dal Monte, 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
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