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Archdiocese of Florianópolis

Florianopolitan(us)

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis is a Latin Church see in Santa Catarina, Brazil, originating as the Diocese of Santa Catarina in 1908 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1927. It has been led by Archbishop Wilson Tadeu Jönck since 2011.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1908
Latin
Florianopolitan(us)
Patron
Our Lady of Exile (Nossa Senhora do Desterro)
Annuario code
001001421

The see in figures

Catholics
1,248,126
Population
1,385,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
90.1%
Priests
209
Catholics per priest
5,972
Extent
7,862 km²
Catholics per km²
159

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

Archbishop
Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I.
Born
10 July 1951
Birthplace
Vidal Ramos
Institute
SACERDOTI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ (DEHONIANI) (S.C.I.)

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

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Exile stands in Florianópolis, 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 Florianópolis

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The Brazilian city of Florianópolis is the seat of this archdiocese, titled Archidioecesis Florianopolitanus in Latin.

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Sources

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.