The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caçador ( la, Dioecesis Captatoropolitana) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
located in the city of
Caçador
Caçador () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.
History
The banks of the Rio do Peixe (Fish River) were inhabited by ethnic native groups of Kaingangs and Xoklengs until 1881, when families of ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
of
Florianópolis in Brazil.
History
* November 23, 1968: Established as Diocese of Caçador from the
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, ...
Bishops of Caçador
*
Orlando Octacílio Dotti,
O.F.M. Cap. (12 March 1969 Appointed - 1 April 1976
Appointed, Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia)
*
João Oneres Marchiori (25 January 1977 Appointed - 18 April 1983
Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina)
*
Luiz Colussi (5 December 1983 Appointed - 4 December 1996 Died)
*
Luíz Carlos Eccel (18 November 1998 Appointed - 24 November 2010 Resigned)
* Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (6 July 2011 Appointed – 1 July 2020 Appointed, Archbishop of Maringá, Parana)
* Cleocir Bonetti (30 June 2021 Appointed – present)
References
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1968
Caçador, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Roman Catholic bishops of Caçador
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