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Diocese of Joaçaba

*Dioecesis Ioassabensis*

Diocese de Joaçaba
Diocese of Joaçaba; Dioecesis Ioassabensis; Diocese de Joaçaba
	Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in 2014
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Florianópolis
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Florianópolis
Statistics
Area	10,202 km2 (3,939 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 310,000; 225,000 (72.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 June 1975; 48 years ago
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mário Marquez [pt]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wilson Tadeu Jönck, SCI
Bishops emeritus	Osório Bebber
Map
	; Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Joaçaba

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joaçaba (Latin: Dioecesis Ioassabensis) is located in the ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis, in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child of Jesus, Joaçaba. It is bordered by the Catarinense dioceses of Chapecó, Caçador and Lages, as well as the dioceses of Erexim and Vacaria on the south and the diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão on the north.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Joaçaba