Diocese of Campo Mourão
| Diocese of Campo Mourão | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maringá |
| Diocesan bishop | Bruno Elizeu Versari |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 12,187 km² |
| Parishes | 40 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 398,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 328,800 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 55 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,219 |
| Permanent deacons | 20 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 21 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 69 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sant'Ana |
| Website | www.diocesecampomourao.com.br |
The Diocese of Campo Mourao ( lat. : Dioecesis Campi moranensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic Diocese with headquarters in Campo Mourao in the state of Paraná .
history
Pope Pius XI founded it on June 20, 1959 with the Apostolic Constitution Cum venerabili from cession of territory of the diocese of Foz do Iguaçu and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- November 28, 1964 to the Diocese of Apucarana ;
- December 16, 1965 to the Diocese of Guarapuava ;
- May 26, 1973 to the Diocese of Umuarama .
On October 31, 1970 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Londrina and on October 16, 1979 of the Archdiocese of Maringá .
territory
The diocese of Campo Mourão includes the parishes of Campo Mourão, Araruna, Barbosa Ferraz, Boa Esperança, Campina da Lagoa, Corumbataí do Sul, Engenheiro Beltrão, Farol, Fênix, Goioerê, Iretama, Janiópolis, Juranda, Jussara, Luiziana, Mamborê, Mariluzira Sales, Nova Cantu, Peabiru, Quarto Centenário, Quinta do Sol, Rancho Alegre, Roncador, Terra Boa and Ubiratã of the state of Paraná.
Bishops of Campo Mourão
- Elizeu Simões Mendes (October 17, 1959– December 3, 1980)
- Virgílio de Pauli (May 8, 1981– February 21, 1999)
- Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (February 21, 1999– October 31, 2007, then Archbishop of Cascavel )
- Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes (December 24, 2008 - December 6, 2017)
- Bruno Elizeu Versari (since December 6, 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the diocese of Campo Mourão on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on diocese of Campo Mourão on gcatholic.org (English)