Diocese of Guarapuava
| Diocese of Guarapuava | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Curitiba |
| Diocesan bishop | Amilton Manoel da Silva CP |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Giovanni Zerbini SDB Antônio Wagner da Silva SCI |
| founding | December 16, 1965 |
| surface | 27,360 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 623,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 529,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 84.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.011 |
| Friars | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora de Belém |
| Website | www.diopuava.org.br |
The Diocese of Guarapuava ( Latin Dioecesis Guarapuavensis , Portuguese Diocese de Guarapuava ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Guarapuava in the State of Paraná .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it on December 16, 1965 with the Apostolic Constitution of Christ vices from ceding territories of the dioceses of Campo Mourão , Ponta Grossa and Toledo and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan diocese.
On December 3, 1976, it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the União da Vitória diocese .
territory
The diocese of Guarapuava includes the parishes of Guarapuava, Altamira do Paraná, Boa Ventura de São Roque, Campina do Simão, Cândido de Abreu, Candói, Cantagalo, Espigão Alto do Iguaçu, Foz do Jordão, Goioxim, Inácio Martins, Laranjal, Laranjeiras do Sul, Manoel Ribas, Marquinho, Mato Rico, Nova Laranjeiras, Nova Tebas, Palmital, Pinhão, Pitanga, Porto Barreiro, Prudentópolis, Quedas do Iguaçu, Reserva do Iguaçu, Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, Rio Branco do Ivaí, Rosário do Ivaí, Santa Maria d 'Oeste, Turvo and Virmond of Paraná State.
Bishops of Guarapuava
- Friedrich Helmel SVD (March 19, 1966 - September 27, 1986)
- Albano Bortoletto Cavallin (October 24, 1986 - March 11, 1992, then Archbishop of Londrina )
- Giovanni Zerbini SDS (January 11, 1995 - July 2, 2003)
- Antônio Wagner da Silva SCI (July 2, 2003 - May 6, 2020)
- Amilton Manoel da Silva CP (since May 6, 2020)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Diocese of Guarapuava on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Guarapuava on gcatholic.org (English)