The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis () 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 (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...

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) ** Eusébio Oscar Scheid, 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) ** Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, 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, S.C.I. (1985-1991), appointed Archbishop here * Vito Schlickmann (1995-2004) * Giuseppe (José) Negri, 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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1957 * Manoel João Francisco, 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 Criciúma * Diocese of Tubarão

Sources

GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
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