Diocese of Jacarezinho
| Diocese of Jacarezinho | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Londrina |
| Diocesan bishop | Antônio Braz Benevente |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Fernando José Penteado |
| founding | 1926 |
| surface | 13,396 km² |
| Parishes | 43 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 479,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 411,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 85.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,408 |
| Friars | 8 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião |
| Website | www.diocesedejacarezinho.com.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho ( lat. : Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Jacarezinho . It includes the following municipalities of the state of Paraná : Jacarezinho, Abatiá, Andirá, Arapoti, Bandeirantes, Barra do Jacaré, Cambará, Carlópolis, Conselheiro Mairinck, Guapirama, Ibaiti, Itambaracá, Jaboti, Jaguariaíva, Japira, Joaquimund Táão do , Quatiguá, Ribeirão Claro, Ribeirão do Pinhal, Salto do Itararé, Santa Amélia, Santana do Itararé, Santo Antônio da Platina, São José da Boa Vista, Sengés, Siqueira Campos, Tomazina and Wenceslau Braz.
history
Pope Pius XI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quum in dies numerus on May 10, 1926 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On February 1, 1956, it lost parts of its territory to the dioceses of Londrina and Maringa .
On October 31, 1970, it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Londrina . On May 26, 1973 another piece of land lost to the diocese of Cornélio Procópio .
Bishops of Jacarezinho
- Fernando Taddei CM (April 22, 1927 - January 9, 1940)
- Ernesto de Paula (November 22, 1941 - June 30, 1945, then Bishop of Piracicaba )
- Geraldo de Proença Sigaud SVD (October 29, 1946 - December 20, 1960, then Archbishop of Diamantina )
- Pedro Filipak (February 8, 1962 - August 10, 1991)
- Konrad Walter SAC (August 10, 1991 - July 5, 2000)
- Fernando José Penteado (July 5, 2000 - June 23, 2010)
- Antônio Braz Benevente (since June 23, 2010)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Bishopric of Jacarezinho on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Bishopric of Jacarezinho on gcatholic.org (English)