Suffragan diocese Joaçaba, Brazil
Diocese of Joaçaba
Ioassaben(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Joacaba is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Santa Catarina state, Brazil, erected in 1975 from the dioceses of Cacador, Chapeco and Lages. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Chapeco.
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- Established
- 1975
- Catholics
- 230,336
- Priests
- 41
- Territory
- 10,202 km²
Parishes and churches
26 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Terezinha do Menino JesusJoaçaba · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReiIbicaréView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PazÁgua DoceView parish
- Nossa Senhora da SaúdeAbdon BatistaMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioConcórdiaMass times recorded
- Nossa Senhora Imaculada ConceiçãoMonte CarloView parish
- Puríssimo Coração de MariaLindóia do SulView parish
- Sagrada Família de NazaréConcórdiaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Nossa Senhora AparecidaVargem BonitaView parish
- Santa Catarina de AlexandriaPiratubaView parish
- Santo AntônioPonte SerradaView parish
- Santo AntônioSanto AntônioView parish
- Santo AntônioTangaráView parish
- Santo IsidoroPeritibaView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusHerval d’OesteMass times recorded
- São CristóvãoConcórdiaView parish
- São Francisco das ChagasJoaçabaMass times recorded
- São Jorge e Nossa Senhora de GuadalupePassos MaiaView parish
- São João BatistaIraniView parish
- São João BatistaBrunópolisView parish
- São João BatistaLuzernaView parish
- São Judas TadeuVargemView parish
- São Paulo ApóstoloCapinzalView parish
- São RoqueJaboráView parish
- São SebastiãoCatanduvasView parish
- São SebastiãoErval VelhoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Mario Marquez, O.F.M.Cap.
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The cathedral
Catedral Santa Teresinha do Menino Jesus stands in Joaçaba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In Santa Catarina state, within the ecclesiastical province of Chapecó, lies the Diocese of Joaçaba (Latin: Dioecesis Ioassabensis). Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Therese of the Child of Jesus in Joaçaba. Neighboring it are the Catarinense dioceses of Chapecó, Caçador and Lages, the dioceses of Erexim and Vacaria to the south, and the diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão to the north.
This see in the wire
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Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Santuário Catedral to celebrate 96th Santa Teresinha festival
Santuário Catedral in Joaçaba is holding its 96th Santa Teresinha festival from September 18 to 27. The event includes religious services and community gatherings to honor the patron saint of the cathedral and the Diocese of Joaçaba. The festivities began on September 18 with the Novena and food sales at the Pavilhão Frei Bruno. Cathedral rector Father Joveci Filho encouraged the faithful to bring roses to the novena. The religious schedule features several guest celebrants. Bishop Milton Zonta, Coadjutor Bishop of Criciúma, celebrated on September 18, followed by Father Joveci Filho on September 19 and Father Gilberto Boçon on September 20. Bishop Cleocir Bonetti of Caçador is scheduled to celebrate on September 21, and Bishop Adalberto Donadelli of Rio do Sul is scheduled for September 22.
- Diocese of Joaçaba to hold luminous procession of Santa Teresinha
Filed by our own wire from published sources. Read the wire.