Archdiocese of Joinville
Ioinvillen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Joinville, Brazil
Joinville was erected as a diocese in 1927 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Francis on 5 November 2024. Located in Santa Catarina, Brazil, it is the metropolitan see with the suffragan dioceses of Rio do Sul and Blumenau.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 January 1927
- Latin
- Ioinvillen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001751
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 641,000
- Population
- 986,000
- Catholic share
- 65.0%
- Priests
- 151
- Catholics per priest
- 4,245
- Extent
- 9,478 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Francisco Carlos Bach
- Born
- 4 May 1954
- Birthplace
- Ponta Grossa
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Sao Francisco Xavier stands in Joinville, 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.
The province of Joinville
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BlumenauBlumenau
- Diocese of Rio do SulRio do Sul
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Joinville, in Santa Catarina in Brazil's Southern Region, is the metropolitan see of an ecclesiastical province of its own (Latin: Archidioecesis Ioinvillensis). Before its elevation in 2024 it served as a suffragan diocese within the province of Florianópolis, also in Santa Catarina. The archdiocese's cathedral, Catedral São Francisco Xavier in the city of Joinville, honors saint Francis Xavier.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].