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)
* Arch
bishop
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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)
**
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
Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, SCJ (born 19 September 1943) is a retired Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Primate of Brazil from 2011 to 2020. He served as archbishop of Florianópo ...
, S.C.J. (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
**
Wilson Tadeu Jönck,
NOMINA DELL’ARCIVESCOVO METROPOLITA DI FLORIANÓPOLIS (BRASILE)
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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
*Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger
Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, SCJ (born 19 September 1943) is a retired Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia and Primate of Brazil from 2011 to 2020. He served as archbishop of Florianópo ...
, S.C.I. (1985-1991), appointed Archbishop here
* Vito Schlickmann (1995-2004)
*Giuseppe (José) Negri
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph,
from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
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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, appointed Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte in 1935; future Cardinal
*Wilson Laus Schmidt
Wilson may refer to:
People
*Wilson (name)
** List of people with given name Wilson
** List of people with surname Wilson
* Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender
*Wilson (footballer, born 1984), full name Wilson Rodr ...
, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1957
*Manoel João Francisco
Manuel may refer to:
People
* Manuel (name)
* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* M ...
, appointed Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina in 1998
* Augustinho Petry, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military in 2000
* João Francisco Salm, appointed Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina in 2012
Suffragan dioceses
* Diocese of Blumenau
* 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, ...
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Rio do Sul, Diocese of Rio do Sul
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Tubarão, Diocese of Tubarão
Sources
GCatholic.org
Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Florianópolis,
Christian organizations established in 1908
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1908 establishments in Brazil
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