Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florianópolis (Archidioecesis Florianopolitanus) is an archdiocese located in the city of Florianópolis in Brazil.

History

 * March 19, 1908: Established as Diocese of Santa Caterina from the Diocese of Curitiba
 * January 17, 1927: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Florianópolis

Ordinaries

 * Bishops of Santa Caterina (Latin Rite)
 * João Batista Becker (1908.05.03 – 1912.08.01), appointed Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
 * João Borges Quintão, C.M. (1913), did not take effect
 * Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (1914.04.02 – 1927.01.17)
 * Archbishops of Florianópolis (Latin Rite)
 * Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira (1927.01.17 – 1967.05.18)
 * Alfonso Niehues (1967.05.18 – 1991.01.23)
 * Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I. Dehonians (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 2003)
 * Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J. (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
 * Wilson Tadeu Jönck, S.C.I. (28 September 2011 - )

Coadjutor archbishops

 * Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. (1957-1965), did not succeed to see; appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
 * Alfonso Niehues (1965-1967)

Auxiliary bishops

 * Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (1985-1991), appointed Archbishop here
 * Vito Schlickmann (1995-2004)
 * Giuseppe (José) Negri, P.I.M.E. (2005-2009), appointed Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * Jaime de Barros Câmara, appointed Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte in 1935; future Cardinal
 * Wilson Laus Schmidt, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1957
 * Manoel João Francisco, appointed Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina in 1998
 * Augustinho Petry, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military in 2000
 * João Francisco Salm, appointed Bishop of Tubarão, Santa Catarina in 2012

Suffragan dioceses

 * Diocese of Blumenau
 * Diocese of Caçador
 * Diocese of Chapecó
 * Diocese of Criciúma
 * Diocese of Joaçaba
 * Diocese of Joinville
 * Diocese of Lages
 * Diocese of Rio do Sul
 * Diocese of Tubarão