Diocese of Lages

Dioecesis Lagensis

Diocese de Lages
Cathedral of Our Lady of Joy
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceFlorianópolis
MetropolitanFlorianópolis
Statistics
Area18,417 km2 (7,111 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
338,301
290,000 (85.72%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established17 January 1927 (96 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Joy in Lages
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopGuilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F.
Metropolitan ArchbishopWilson Tadeu Jönck, SCI
Map
Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.
Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lages (Latin: Dioecesis Lagensis) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina state, Brazil.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres, dedicated to Our Lady of Joy, in the city of Lages.

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 332,700 Catholics (85.5% of 389,000 total population) on 18,152 km² in 25 parishes with 57 priests (41 diocesan, 16 religious), 12 deacons, 163 lay religious (16 brothers, 147 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

History

Bishops

(all Roman rite )

Episcopal Ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of Lages

Coadjutor bishops

  • Alfonso Niehues (1959-1965), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
  • Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. (1966-1973)
  • João Oneres Marchiori (1983-1987)

Auxiliary bishop

  • Carlos Stanislau Schmitt, O.F.M. (1971-1973)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

27°49′01″S 50°19′33″W / 27.8169°S 50.3258°W / -27.8169; -50.3258


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