Diocese of Lages, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1927.01.17: Established as Diocese of Lages / Lagen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Santa Catarina and became suffragan of Florianópolis)
- 1933.12.09: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Palmas
- 1958.01.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chapecó
- 1968.11.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caçador
- 1975.06.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Joaçaba
- 2024.11.05: Became suffragan of Chapecó
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Lages (Roman Rite) |
|---|
 Bishop Guilherme Antônio Werlang, M.S.F. (74) (2018.02.07 – ...)Bishop of Lages (Brazil)Para que todos tenham vidaBorn:1950.08.05 (São Carlos, SC, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1979.08.02Consecrated Bishop:1999.07.17Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil) (1999.05.19 – 2018.02.07)Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2018.02.07 – ...) |
| Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (75) (2009.11.11 – 2016.11.30)Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil)Fazer o amor ser amadoBorn:1949.12.15 (Iacri, SP, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1978.12.16Consecrated Bishop:2010.01.24Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (2009.11.11 – 2016.11.30)Bishop of Ituiutaba (Brazil) (2016.11.30 – ...) |
| Bishop João Oneres Marchiori (1987.02.18 – 2009.11.11)Prepara Caminho SeguroBorn:1933.05.02 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1960.02.21Consecrated Bishop:1977.04.17Died:2017.06.27 († 84)Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (1977.01.25 – 1983.04.18)Coadjutor Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1983.04.18 – 1987.02.18)Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1987.02.18 – 2009.11.11) |
| Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. (1973.11.17 – 1987.02.18) |
| Bishop Daniel Henrique Hostin, O.F.M. (1929.08.02 – 1973.11.17)Born:1890.04.02Ordained Priest:1917.11.30Consecrated Bishop:1929.09.29Died:1973.11.17 († 83)Bishop of Lages (Brazil) (1929.08.02 – 1973.11.17) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop João Oneres Marchiori (1983.04.18 – 1987.02.18)
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. (1966.02.12 – 1973.11.17)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Schmitt, O.F.M. (1970.02.14 – 1974)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Niehues (later Archbishop) (1959.01.08 – 1965.08.03)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 18,207 km²
Population: 351,000 Catholics (85.6% of 410,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 35 priests (diocesan), 10 deacons, 8 religious (8 sisters), 6 seminarians