Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Florianópolis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis (Latin: Archidioecesis Florianopolitanus) is an archdiocese located in the city of Florianópolis in Brazil.

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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)
  • Archbishops 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, S.C.J. (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
    • Wilson Tadeu Jönck,[1] S.C.I. (28 September 2011 - )

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

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

Sources

  1. [1]
    NOMINA DELL’ARCIVESCOVO METROPOLITA DI FLORIANÓPOLIS (BRASILE)

27.5964°S 48.5494°W / -27.5964; -48.5494


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