Archdiocese of Chapecó, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

1958.01.14: Established as Diocese of Chapecó / Xapecoën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Lages and Territorial Prelature of Palmas and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
1975.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joaçaba
2024.11.05: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chapecó / Xapecoën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Caçador, Joaçaba and Lages)

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.11.05 – ...):	Archbishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (61)

Area: 15,663 km²

Population: 609,600 Catholics (73.0% of 835,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 1,473 missions

Personnel: 85 priests (59 diocesan, 26 religious), 116 religious (44 brothers, 72 sisters), 5 seminarians