The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lages ( la, Dioecesis Lagensis) is a

Latin Rite Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church '' sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once ...

suffragan diocese in the

ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...

of Florianópolis in

Santa Catarina state Santa Catarina (, ) is a state in the South Region of Brazil. It is the 7th smallest state in total area and the 11th most populous. Additionally, it is the 9th largest settlement, with 295 municipalities. The state, with 3.4% of the Brazili ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Its

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres, dedicated to Our Lady of Joy, in the city of

Lages Lages is a Brazilian municipality located in the central part of the state of Santa Catarina, in the region known in Portuguese as "Planalto Serrano". It is located in the mountain region of the state and is the largest municipality of it. It ...

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 332,700 Catholics (85.5% of 389,000 total population) on 18,152 km² in 25 parishes with 57 priests (41 diocesan, 16 religious), 12 deacons, 163 lay religious (16 brothers, 147 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

History

* 17 January 1927: Established as Diocese of Lages, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Santa Caterina (now its Metropolitan Florianopolis) * It lost territory repeatedly : on 1933.12.09 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Palmas (now Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão), on 1958.01.14 to establish the Diocese of Chapecó, on 1968.11.23 to establish the Diocese of Caçador and on 1975.06.12 to establish the Diocese of Joaçaba.

Bishops

(all Roman rite )

Episcopal Ordinaries

:''Suffragan Bishops of Lages'' * Daniel Henrique Hostin,

Order of Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachi ...

(O.F.M.) (Brazilian?) (1929.08.02 – death 1973.11.17) ** Auxiliary Bishop : Alfonso Niehues (1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03),

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...

Eurœa in Epiro Euroea or Euroia ( grc, Εὔροια; also transcribed as Eurœa) was a city in Epirus, in western Greece, during late antiquity. It was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic invasions. During the 4th–8th centuries, it was a bishopric ...

(1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03); next

Titular Archbishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Aptuca (1965.08.03 – 1967.05.18) as

Coadjutor Archbishop The term coadjutor (or coadiutor, literally "co-assister" in Latin) is a title qualifier indicating that the holder shares the office with another person, with powers equal to the other in all but formal order of precedence. These include: * Coad ...

of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1965.08.03 – 1967.05.18), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (1967.05.18 – retired 1991.01.23), died 1993 ** Auxiliary Bishop : Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. (1970.02.14 – retired 1974),

of Sufar (1970.02.14 – resigned 1971.03.16), died 2006; previously Bishop of

Dourados Dourados is a Brazilian municipality, situated in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Southwest of Campo Grande (the state's capital). It has a population of about 225,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly in arable agriculture (particu ...

(Brazil) (1960.08.29 – 1970.02.14) * Honorato Piazera,

Dehonians The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart ( la, Congregatio Sacerdotum a Sacro Corde Iesu) abbreviated SCI, also called the Dehonians, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men in the Catholic Church f ...

(S.C.I.) (1973.11.17 – retired 1987.02.18), died 1990; previously

Termessus Termessos (Greek Τερμησσός ''Termissós'') was a Pisidian city built at an altitude of more than 1000 metres at the south-west side of the mountain Solymos (modern-day Güllük Dağı) in the Taurus Mountains (modern-day Antalya p ...

(1959.07.11 – 1961.12.14) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1959.07.11 – 1961.12.14), Bishop of

Diocese of Nova Iguaçu In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

(Brazil) (1961.12.14 – 1966.02.12), Titular Bishop of Castellum Iabar (1966.02.12 – 1973.11.17) as Coadjutor Bishop of Lages (1966.02.12 – 1973.11.17) * João Oneres Marchiori (1987.02.18 – retired 2009.11.11), died 2017; previously Bishop of

Caçador Caçador () is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. History The banks of the Rio do Peixe (Fish River) were inhabited by ethnic native groups of Kaingangs and Xoklengs until 1881, when families of ...

(Brazil) (1977.01.25 – 1983.04.18), Coadjutor Bishop of Lages (1983.04.18 – succession 1987.02.18) * Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (2009.11.11 - 2016.11.30), next Bishop of

Ituiutaba Ituiutaba (Brazilian Portuguese: /itujuˈtabɐ/) is a municipality in the western part of Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Elevated to city status in 1901, its population in 2020 was 105,255 and a total area in the municipality of 2,694 km2. Th ...

(Brazil) (2016.11.30 –...) * Guilherme Antônio Werlang,

Missionaries of the Holy Family A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

(M.S.F.) (2018.02.07 – ...); previously Bishop of

Ipameri Ipameri is a municipality and Latin Catholic bishopric in southeastern Goiás state, in Brazil. The population was 27,174 (2020) in a total area of 4,368.6 km2. It is a major producer of soybeans, corn and livestock. Location and connections ...

(Brazil) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07).

Coadjutor bishops

* Alfonso Niehues (1959-1965), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina * Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. (1966-1973) * João Oneres Marchiori (1983-1987)

Auxiliary bishop

* Carlos Stanislau Schmitt, O.F.M. (1971-1973)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Orlando Brandes Orlando Brandes (born 13 April 1946) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed Archbishop of Aparecida in 2017. He was Bishop of Joinville from 1994 to 2006 and Archbishop of Londrina from 2006 to 2016. Early life Brand ...

, appointed Bishop of Joinville in 1994

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google satellite map & HQ photo - data for all sections

diocesan website

Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Florianópolis

Religious organizations established in 1927 Religion is usually defined as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, tra ...

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub