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Suffragan diocese Caçador, Brazil

Diocese of Caçador

Captatoropolitan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Caçador is a Latin Church diocese in Santa Catarina, Brazil, erected on 23 November 1968 from the Diocese of Lages. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chapecó, led by Bishop Cleocir Bonetti since 2021.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, in Caçador, Brazil.

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Established
1968
Catholics
286,000
Priests
60
Territory
12,398 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Dom Cleocir Bonetti
Born
7 August 1972
Birthplace
São Valentim

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi stands in Caçador, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Caçador gives its seat to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Captatoropolitana) within the ecclesiastical province of Chapecó in Brazil.

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