Diocese of Lages
| Diocese of Lages | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Florianópolis |
| Diocesan bishop | Guilherme Antônio Werlang MSF |
| founding | 1927 |
| surface | 18,152 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 389,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 332,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,837 |
| Permanent deacons | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 147 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres |
| Website | Diocese of Lages |
The diocese of Lages ( Latin Dioecesis Lagensis , Portuguese Diocese de Lages ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Lages in the state of Santa Catarina .
history
The diocese of Lages was on January 17, 1927 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Inter praecipuas from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Florianópolis and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On December 9, 1933, the Lages diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Palmas Territorial Prelature . Further assignments of territory took place on January 14, 1958 to found the Chapecó diocese , November 23, 1968 to found the Caçador diocese and on June 12, 1975 to found the Joaçaba diocese .
Bishops of Lages
Cathedral of Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres in Lages
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- Daniel Henrique host of the OFM , 1929–1973
- Honorato Piazera SCI , 1973–1987
- João Oneres Marchiori , 1987-2009
- Irineu Andreassa OFM, 2009–2016, then Bishop of Ituiutaba
- Guilherme Antônio Werlang MSF , since 2018