Diocese of

Joaçaba

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Joaçaba / Ioassaben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Florianópolis

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Terezinha do Menino Jesus, Joaçaba, Santa Catarina

Erexim (↙), Chapecó (←), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↑), Caçador (↗), Lages (↘), Vacaria (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.12.22 – ...):

Bishop Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Joaçaba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mário Marquez, O.F.M. Cap. (70)
(2010.12.22 – ...)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil)

Viver e anunciar o Evangelho

Born:	1952.11.23 (Luzerna, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.11.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.08.06

Titular Bishop of Nasai (2006.05.31 – 2010.12.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (2006.05.31 – 2010.12.22)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (2010.12.22 – ...)

Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.
(2003.04.09 – 2010.04.14)

No Serviço a Paz

Born:	1938.04.14 (Nova Trento, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.01.06
Died:	2019.08.26 (Joaçaba, SC, Brazil † 81)

Bishop of Cândido Mendes (Brazil) (1985.11.05 – 1991.07.05)

Bishop of Zé Doca (Brazil) (1991.07.05 – 2002.11.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (2002.11.06 – 2003.04.09)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (2003.04.09 – 2010.04.14)

Bishop Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap.
(1999.03.17 – 2003.04.09)

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 Henrique Müller, O.F.M.
(1975.06.27 – 1999.03.17)

Unum simus ut mundus credat

Born:	1922.08.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1949.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.09.14
Died:	2000.05.26 († 77)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (1975.06.27 – 1999.03.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. (2002.11.06 – 2003.04.09)

Statistics

Area: 10,284 km²

Population: 252,669 Catholics (78.5% of 321,964 total) (2020)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 36 priests (20 diocesan, 16 religious), 57 lay religious (16 brothers, 41 sisters), 3 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (October 1)

History

1975.06.12: Established as Diocese of Joaçaba / Ioassaben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Caçador, Diocese of Chapecó and Diocese of Lages and became suffragan of Florianópolis)

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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