The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis ( la, Archidioecesis Florianopolitanus) is an

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located in the city of

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina, in the South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as well as part of the mainland. It has a populat ...

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) * Arch

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s of Florianópolis (Latin Rite) ** Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (1927.01.17 – 1967.05.18) ** Alfonso Niehues (1967.05.18 – 1991.01.23) **

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, S.C.I. Dehonians (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (

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in 2003) **

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, S.C.J. (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia **

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Coadjutor archbishops

* Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. (1957-1965), did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo * Alfonso Niehues (1965-1967)

Auxiliary bishops

, S.C.I. (1985-1991), appointed Archbishop here *

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(1995-2004) *

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, P.I.M.E. (2005-2009), appointed Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Jaime de Barros Câmara Jaime de Barros Câmara (July 3, 1894–February 18, 1971) was a Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro from 1943 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 ...

, appointed Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte in 1935; future Cardinal *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1957 *

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, appointed Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina in 1998 * Augustinho Petry, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military in 2000 *

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, appointed Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina in 2012

Suffragan dioceses

Diocese of Blumenau The Roman Catholic Diocese of Blumenau ( la, Dioecesis Florumpratensis) is a diocese located in the city of Blumenau in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis, Florianópolis in Brazil. History * April 19, 20 ...

* Diocese of Caçador * Diocese of Chapecó * Diocese of Criciúma * Diocese of Joaçaba *

Diocese of Joinville The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joinville ( la, Dioecesis Ioinvillensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal ses is Cat ...

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, ...

Diocese of Rio do Sul The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio do Sul ( la, Dioecesis Rivi Australis) is a diocese located in the city of Rio do Sul in the Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis in Brazil. History * November 23, 1968: Established as Diocese of Rio do Su ...

* Diocese of Tubarão

Sources

GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
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