Diocese of

Tubarão

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tubarão / Tubaraoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Florianópolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Tubarão, Santa Catarina

Churches by City (29)

Criciúma (↙), Lages (←), Florianópolis (↑)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.05.03 – ...):

Bishop Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S. (58)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tubarão (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adilson Pedro Busin, C.S. (58)
(2023.05.03 – ...)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil)

Born:	1965.05.20 (Sarandi, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.04.30

Titular Bishop of Guardialfiera (2016.01.27 – 2023.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2016.01.27 – 2023.05.03)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (2023.05.03 – ...)

Bishop João Francisco Salm (70)
(2012.09.26 – 2022.01.19)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil)

Born:	1952.10.11 (São Pedro de Alcântara, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1979.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.11.24

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (2012.09.26 – 2022.01.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Blumenau (Brazil) (2015.01.25 – 2015.06.24)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (2022.01.19 – ...)

Bishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (71) (later Archbishop)
(2010.05.26 – 2011.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil)

Amar é dar a Vida

Born:	1951.07.10 (Vidal Ramos, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.08.16

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Byzacena (2003.06.11 – 2010.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2003.06.11 – 2010.05.26)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (2010.05.26 – 2011.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2011.09.28 – ...)

Bishop Jacinto Bergmann (71) (later Archbishop)
(2004.06.15 – 2009.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pelotas (Brazil)

In nomine Trinitatis

Born:	1951.10.29 (Alto Feliz, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1976.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.14

Titular Bishop of Ausuccura (2002.05.08 – 2004.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil) (2002.05.08 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (2004.06.15 – 2009.07.01)

Bishop of Pelotas (Brazil) (2009.07.01 – 2011.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Pelotas (Brazil) (2011.04.13 – ...)

Bishop Hilário Moser, S.D.B. (91)
(1992.05.27 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop emeritus of Tubarão (Brazil)

Born:	1931.12.02 (Rios dos Cedros, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1958.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.11.20

Titular Bishop of Casæ Calanæ (1988.08.17 – 1992.05.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1988.08.17 – 1992.05.27)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1992.05.27 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap.
(1981.09.17 – 1992.01.18)

Omnes Fratres Estis

Born:	1929.06.11 (Flores da Cunha, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.02.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.03.02
Died:	2021.08.13 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil † 92)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1979.11.30 – 1981.09.17)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1981.09.17 – 1992.01.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (1992.01.18 – 1999.03.17)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (1999.03.17 – 2003.04.09)

Bishop Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M.
(1955.05.11 – 1981.09.17)

Gratiæ et veritati

Born:	1906.09.12 (Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1932.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.02.08
Died:	1992.05.25 († 85)

Apostolic Administrator of Santarém (Brazil) (1941 – 1947.12.13)

Titular Bishop of Conana (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18)

Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Macapá (Brazil) (1949 – 1950.01.14)

Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11)

Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1955.05.11 – 1981.09.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. (1979.11.30 – 1981.09.17)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 4,531 km²

Population: 333,386 Catholics (84.5% of 394,756 total) (2020)

Statistics: 28 parishes, 372 missions, 53 priests (49 diocesan, 4 religious), 9 deacons, 109 lay religious (4 brothers, 105 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Piedade (September 15)

History

1954.12.28: Established as Diocese of Tubarão / Tubaraoën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
1998.05.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Criciúma

Last updated on 2023.06.05

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