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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Joinville

Archdiocese of Joinville

Archidioecesis Ioinvillensis

Arquidiocese de Joinville
Cathedral of St Francis Xavier in Joinville in 2016
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceJoinville
Statistics
Area9,478 km2 (3,659 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
986,000
641,000 (65.0%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established17 January 1927 (98 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St Francis Xavier in Joinville
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Carlos Bach
Map
Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.
Location of the diocese. Metropolitan archdiocese in pink.
Website
www.diocesejoinville.com.br

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Joinville (Latin: Archidioecesis Ioinvillensis) is the metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis, also in Santa Catarina, before the elevation to its current status in 2024.

Its cathedral is Catedral São Francisco Xavier, dedicated to saint Francis Xavier, in the city of Joinville.


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