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Suffragan diocese Blumenau, Brazil

Diocese of Blumenau

Florumpraten(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Blumenau is a Latin Church diocese in Santa Catarina, Brazil, erected on April 19, 2000. Since November 5, 2024 it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Joinville.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral São Paulo Apóstolo, in Blumenau, Brazil.

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Established
2000
Catholics
430,000
Priests
61
Territory
3,388 km²

Parishes and churches

39 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Rafael Biernaski
Born
1 November 1955
Birthplace
Curitiba

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The cathedral

Catedral São Paulo Apóstolo stands in Blumenau, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Blumenau, a city in Brazil, gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Florumpratensis) that belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Joinville.

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