Diocese of Criciúma, Brazil

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Criciúma / Criciumen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Florianópolis

Bishop (2009.09.16 – ...):

Bishop Jacinto Inácio Flach (70)

Bishops of Criciúma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jacinto Inácio Flach (70)
(2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil)

Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari (2003.11.12 – 2009.09.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2003.11.12 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (80)
(1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)

Bishop emeritus of Montenegro (Brazil)

Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1991.07.24 – 1998.05.27)

Bishop of Criciúma (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2008.07.02)

Bishop of Montenegro (Brazil) (2008.07.02 – 2017.10.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.07.15 – 2015.12.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (2020.01.22 – 2020.05.06)

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Area: 9,094 km²

Population: 517,146 Catholics (79.9% of 647,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 40 parishes, 75 priests (54 diocesan, 21 religious), 139 lay religious (23 brothers, 116 sisters), 22 seminarians (2020)

Patron Saint: São José

1998.05.27: Established as Diocese of Criciúma / Criciumen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Tubarão and became suffragan of Florianópolis)