Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Florianópolis (Português) / Florianopolitan(us) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Blumenau, Caçador, Chapecó, Criciúma, Joaçaba, Joinville, Lages, Rio do Sul, Tubarão
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.09.28 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Florianópolis (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)
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Archbishop Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. (later Cardinal)
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Archbishop Alfonso Niehues
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Archbishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira
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Bishops of Santa Catarina (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop João Batista Becker (later Archbishop)
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Area: 8,225 km²
Population: 1,157,000 Catholics (60.0% of 1,928,000 total) (2021)
Statistics: 71 parishes, 214 priests (142 diocesan, 72 religious), 137 deacons, 518 religious (134 brothers, 384 sisters), 56 seminarians (2021)
Patron Saint: Santa Catarina de Alexandria (November 25)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 7 (1922)
Last updated on 2023.09.24
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