|
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Lages
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lages ( la, Dioecesis Lagensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres, dedicated to Our Lady of Joy, in the city of Lages. Statistics As per 2015, it pastorally served 332,700 Catholics (85.5% of 389,000 total population) on 18,152 km² in 25 parishes with 57 priests (41 diocesan, 16 religious), 12 deacons, 163 lay religious (16 brothers, 147 sisters) and 10 seminarians. History * 17 January 1927: Established as Diocese of Lages, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santa Caterina (now its Metropolitan Florianopolis) * It lost territory repeatedly : on 1933.12.09 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Palmas (now Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão), on 1958.01.14 to establish the Diocese of Chapecó, on 1968.11.23 to establish the Diocese of Caçador and on 1975.06.12 to estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Florianópolis
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis ( la, Archidioecesis Florianopolitanus) is an archdiocese located in the city of Florianópolis in Brazil. History * March 19, 1908: Established as Diocese of Santa Caterina from the Diocese of Curitiba * January 17, 1927: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis Bishops Ordinaries * Bishops of Santa Caterina (Latin Rite) ** João Batista Becker (1908.05.03 – 1912.08.01), appointed Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul ** João Borges Quintão, C.M. (1913), did not take effect ** Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (1914.04.02 – 1927.01.17) * Archbishops of Florianópolis (Latin Rite) ** Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (1927.01.17 – 1967.05.18) ** Alfonso Niehues (1967.05.18 – 1991.01.23) ** Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. Dehonians (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 2003) ** Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J. (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |