Diocese of Caçador

Diocese of Caçador; Dioecesis Captatoropolitana; Diocese de Caçador
	Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Chapecó
Metropolitan	Chapecó
Statistics
Area	12,398 km2 (4,787 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2006); 376,000; 286,000 (76.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	23 November 1968 (57 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Francis of Assisi in Caçador
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Cleocir Bonetti
Metropolitan Archbishop	Odelir José Magri, MCCI
Bishops emeritus	Luíz Carlos Eccel; Severino Clasen
Website
	Website of the Diocese

Diocese of Caçador — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caçador (Latin: Dioecesis Captatoropolitana) is a diocese located in the city of Caçador in the ecclesiastical province of Chapecó in Brazil.

History

November 23, 1968: Established as Diocese of Caçador from the Diocese of Lages

Bishops of Caçador

Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. (12 March 1969 Appointed - 1 April 1976 Appointed, Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia)
João Oneres Marchiori (25 January 1977 Appointed - 18 April 1983 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina)
Luiz Colussi (5 December 1983 Appointed - 4 December 1996 Died)
Luíz Carlos Eccel (18 November 1998 Appointed - 24 November 2010 Resigned)
Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (6 July 2011 Appointed – 1 July 2020 Appointed, Archbishop of Maringá, Parana)
Cleocir Bonetti (30 June 2021 Appointed – present)