Diocese of Criciúma
| Diocese of Criciúma | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Florianópolis |
| Diocesan bishop | Jacinto Inácio flat |
| founding | 1998 |
| surface | 9,094 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 589,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 488,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.176 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 122 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | São José Cathedral |
| Website | Diocese of Criciúma |
The diocese Criciúma ( Latin Dioecesis Criciumensis , Portuguese Diocese de Criciúma ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Criciúma in the state of Santa Catarina .
history
The diocese of Criciúma was established on May 27, 1998 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Sollicitus de spirituali from cession of territory from the Diocese of Tubarão and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Florianópolis as a suffragan .
Bishops of Criciúma
- Paulo Antônio de Conto , 1998–2008, then Bishop of Montenegro
- Jacinto Inácio Flach , since 2009
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Sollicitus de spirituali , AAS 90 (1998), n.8, p. 562f.