The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joinville ( la, Dioecesis Ioinvillensis) is a

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Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of

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in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal ses is Catedral São Francisco Xavier, dedicated to saint Francis Xavier, in the city of Joinville.

History

* Established on 17 January 1927 as Diocese of Joinville, on territory split off from the Diocese of Santa Caterina. * Lost territories repeatedly : on 1968.11.23 to establish the Diocese of Rio do Sul and on 2000.04.19 to establish the

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Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 744,219 Catholics (65.0% of 1,144,952 total) on 9,508 km² in 53 parishes and 5 missions with 118 priests (64 diocesan, 54 religious), 55 deacons, 228 lay religious (104 brothers, 124 sisters) and 26 seminarians.

Bishops

( Latin Church)

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Joinville'' * Pio de Freitas Silveira,

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of Shundefu 順德府 (China) (1933.10.26 – 1944.01.13), Titular Bishop of

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(1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11) as only Apostolic Vicar of Shundefu 順德府 (China) (1944.01.13 – 1946.04.11), promoted first Suffragan Bishop of Shunde 順德 (China) (1946.04.11 – 1950) * Gregório Warmeling (1957.04.03 – retired 1994.03.09), died 1997 * Orlando Brandes (1994.03.09 – 2006.05.10), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil) (2006.05.10 – 2016.11.16), Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (2016.11.16 – ...) * Irineu Roque Scherer (2007.05.30 – death 2016.07.02), previously Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2007.05.30) * Francisco Carlos Bach (2017.04.19 – ...), previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (2005.07.27 – 2012.10.03), Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2012.10.03 – 2017.04.19) and Apostolic Administrator of

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(Brazil) (2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25).

Coadjutor bishop

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, O.F.M. Cap. (1949-1952), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections

Diocese website (Portuguese)

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Diocese

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