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Suffragan diocese Criciúma, Brazil

Diocese of Criciúma

Criciumen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Criciuma is a Latin Church diocese in Santa Catarina, Brazil, established in 1998 from the Diocese of Tubarao. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Florianopolis, with its see in Criciuma.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Sao Jose, in Criciúma, Brazil.

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Established
1998
Catholics
484,880
Priests
79
Territory
5,093 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jacinto Inacio Flach
Born
26 February 1952
Birthplace
Bom Princípio

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The cathedral

Catedral Sao Jose stands in Criciúma, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Criciúma hosts a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Criciumensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis in Brazil.

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