Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis

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

Archdiocese of Florianópolis Archidioecesis Florianopolitanus Arquidiocese de Florianópolis
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Exile
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Florianópolis
Statistics
Area	7,862 km2 (3,036 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,385,000 1,080,000 (78.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	19 March 1908 (116 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Exile in Florianópolis
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I.
Map
Location of the archdiocese. Suffragan dioceses in pink.
Website
www.arquifln.org.br

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, 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

• 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 Blumenau
• Diocese of Caçador
• Diocese of Chapecó
• Diocese of Criciúma
• Diocese of Joaçaba
• Diocese of Joinville
• Diocese of Lages
• Diocese of Rio do Sul
• Diocese of Tubarão

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website (Portuguese)