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Diocese of Joinville
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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.
- Archbishop
- Most Rev. Francisco Carlos Bach
- Latin name
- Ioinvillen(sis)
- Erected
- 17 January 1927
- Cathedral
- Catedral Sao Francisco Xavier
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Joinville
- Catholics
- 641,000
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, Rua Jaguaruna 147, 89201-450 Joinville, SC, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [047]3451-3705
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Blumenau 72 km
- Diocese of Paranaguá 91 km
- São José dos Pinhais 93 km
- Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba 103 km
- Diocese of Curitiba 107 km
- Diocese of Rio do Sul 128 km
Parishes near the see
- Cristo Ressuscitado · Joinville <1 km
- Divino Espírito Santo · Joinville <1 km
- Divino Espírito Santo · Joinville <1 km
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida · Joinville <1 km
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida · Joinville <1 km
- Nossa Senhora de Belém · Joinville <1 km
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Sources: GCatholic + Wikipedia · Annuario code 001001751 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08