Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cascavel |
Diocesan bishop | Sérgio de Deus Borges |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Laurindo Guizzardi CS |
founding | 1926 |
surface | 6,822 km² |
Parishes | 27 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Residents | 533,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics | 423,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
proportion of | 79.4% |
Diocesan priest | 27 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious priest | 20 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 9,000 |
Permanent deacons | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
Friars | 39 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 60 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | São João Batista Cathedral |
Website | www.diocesedefoz.org.br |
The Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu ( lat. : Dioecesis Iguassuensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Foz do Iguaçu in the state of Paraná .
history
The territorial prelature Foz do Iguaçu was on May 10, 1926 by Pope Pius XI. erected with the papal bull Quum in Dies Numerus and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan . On June 20, 1959, the territorial prelature was dissolved and the dioceses of Campo Mourão and Toledo were established from the territory .
On May 5, 1978, the territorial prelature Foz do Iguaçu was re-established from cessions of territory by the diocese of Toledo and at the same time elevated to the diocese. The diocese of Foz do Iguaçu is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Cascavel as a suffragan.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Foz do Iguaçu
- Manuel Könner SVD , 1947–1959, previously as Apostolic Administrator 1940–1947
Bishops of Foz do Iguaçu
- Olívio Aurélio Fazza SVD, 1978-2001
- Laurindo Guizzardi CS , 2001-2010
- Dirceu Vegini , 2010-2018
- Sérgio de Deus Borges , since 2019