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Suffragan diocese Rio do Sul, Brazil

Diocese of Rio do Sul

Rivi Australis

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral São João Batista, in Rio do Sul, Brazil.

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Established
1968
Catholics
253,000
Priests
52
Territory
9,659 km²

Parishes and churches

30 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Adalberto Donadelli Júnior
Born
26 December 1974
Birthplace
Paranavaí

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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.

History

Seated in the city of Rio do Sul, this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Rivi Australis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Joinville.