Diocese of Cornélio Procópio
| Diocese of Cornélio Procópio | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Londrina |
| Diocesan bishop | Manoel João Francisco |
| Vicar General | Orisvaldo José Calandro |
| founding | 1973 |
| surface | 6,715 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 217,700 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 184,500 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 84.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 31 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,855 |
| Friars | 19 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 20 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Cristo Rei |
| Website | http://www.dioceseprocopense.org.br/ |
The diocese of Cornélio Procópio ( lat. : Dioecesis Procopiensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Cornélio Procópio in the state of Paraná .
history
The diocese Cornélio Procópio was on May 26, 1973 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Votis et precibus from cessions of territory of the diocese Jacarezinho and subordinated to the archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan . On October 31, 1970, the diocese of Cornélio Procópio was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Londrina as a suffragan.
Bishops by Cornélio Procópio
- José Joaquim Gonçalves , 1973–1979
- Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski CM , 1979–1983, then Bishop of Apucarana
- Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães SVD , 1984-2014
- Manoel João Francisco , since 2014