Diocese of Tubarão
| Diocese of Tubarão | |
| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Florianópolis |
| Diocesan bishop | João Francisco Salm |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hilário Moser SDS |
| founding | 1954 |
| surface | 4,531 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 382,995 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 328.245 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 85.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 50 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,193 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 72 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Piedade |
| Website | Diocese of Tubarão |
The Diocese of Tubarão ( Latin Dioecesis Tubaraoënsis , Portuguese Diocese de Tubarão ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Tubarão in the state of Santa Catarina .
history
The Diocese of Tubarão was on December 28, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Viget ubique from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Florianópolis and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On May 27, 1998, the Diocese of Tubarão gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Criciúma .
Bishops of Tubarão
Cathedral of Nossa Senhora da Piedade in Tubarão
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- Anselmo Pietrulla OFM , 1955-1981
- Osório Bebber OFMCap , 1981–1992, then prelate of Coxim
- Hilário Moser SDB , 1992-2004
- Jacinto Bergmann , 2004–2009, then Bishop of Pelotas
- Wilson Tadeu Jönck SCJ , 2010–2011, then Archbishop of Florianópolis
- João Francisco Salm , since 2012