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Diocese of Lages
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The Diocese of Lages is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Chapeco. Bishop Gilson Meurer was appointed on 5 November 2025 following the resignation of Bishop Guilherme Antonio Werlang.
- Bishop
- Most Rev. Gilson Meurer
- Latin name
- Lagen(sis)
- Erected
- 17 January 1927
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
- Patron
- Our Lady of Pleasures (Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres)
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Chapeco (Archdiocese of Chapeco)
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, C.P. 20, Rua Correia Pinto 247, 88502-201, Lages, SC, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [049]3222-1520
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Rio do Sul 95 km
- Diocese of Vacaria 97 km
- Diocese of Caçador 134 km
- Diocese of Criciúma 134 km
- Diocese of Joaçaba 137 km
- Diocese of Tubarão 149 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida · Lages <1 km
- Nossa Senhora da Saúde · Lages <1 km
- Nossa Senhora das Graças · Lages <1 km
- Nossa Senhora do Rosário · Lages <1 km
- Sagrada Família · Lages <1 km
- São Cristóvão · Lages <1 km
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Sources: official site + Wikipedia · Annuario code 001001935 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08