Diocese of Caçador
Captatoropolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Caçador, Brazil
The Diocese of Caçador is a Latin Church diocese in Santa Catarina, Brazil, erected on 23 November 1968 from the Diocese of Lages. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chapecó, led by Bishop Cleocir Bonetti since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 November 1968
- Latin
- Captatoropolitan(us)
- Patron
- São Francisco de Assis
- Annuario code
- 001000999
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 286,000
- Population
- 376,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 76.1%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 4,767
- Extent
- 12,398 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Dom Cleocir Bonetti
- Born
- 7 August 1972
- Birthplace
- São Valentim
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
Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi stands in Caçador, 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 Chapecó
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chapecó.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChapecóChapecó
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Caçador gives its seat to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Captatoropolitana) within the ecclesiastical province of Chapecó in Brazil.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.