Diocese of Rio do Sul
Rivi Australis
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rio do Sul, Brazil
Latin Church diocese in Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, erected in 1968. Since the creation of the ecclesiastical province of Joinville in November 2024, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Joinville.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 November 1968
- Latin
- Rivi Australis
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001002755
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 253,000
- Population
- 308,000
- Catholic share
- 82.1%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 4,865
- Extent
- 9,659 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Bishop
- Adalberto Donadelli Júnior
- Born
- 26 December 1974
- Birthplace
- Paranavaí
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 São João Batista stands in Rio do Sul, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Joinville.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BlumenauBlumenau
- Archdiocese of JoinvilleJoinville
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Rio do Sul, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Rivi Australis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Joinville.
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].