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Metropolitan see Chapecó, Brazil

Archdiocese of Chapecó

Xapecoën(sis)

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chapecó in Santa Catarina, Brazil, established as a diocese in 1958 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in November 2024. It is the metropolitan see for the dioceses of Lages, Caçador, and Joaçaba.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, in Chapecó, Brazil.

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Established
1958
Catholics
593,000
Priests
85
Territory
15,663 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J.

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The cathedral

Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua stands in Chapecó, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Chapecó, Brazil, is the seat of a Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Xapecoënsis). Before its elevation to archdiocesan rank in 2024, the see belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis.