Diocese of Ji-Paraná
Diocese of Ji-Paraná | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Porto Velho |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Bruno Pedron SDS |
founding | 1978 |
surface | 81,390 km² |
Parishes | 22 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Residents | 801,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics | 455,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
proportion of | 56.8% |
Diocesan priest | 32 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious priest | 27 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Catholics per priest | 7,712 |
Friars | 38 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
Religious sisters | 38 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | São João Bosco Cathedral |
address | Rua Marechal Rondon 400 78961-390 Ji-Paraná, RO Brazil |
Website | http://www.diocesedejiparana.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Ji-Parana ( lat. : Dioecesis Giparanensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ji-Paraná in the state of Rondônia .
history
The diocese Ji-Paraná was on January 3, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. from territorial cessions of the territorial prelatures Guajará-Mirim and Porto Velho built as the territorial prelature Vila Rondônia and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan . On October 4, 1982, the territorial prelature Vila Rondônia was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Porto Velho as a suffragan.
The territorial prelature of Vila Rondônia was raised to a diocese on February 19, 1983 by Pope John Paul II and renamed the diocese of Ji-Paraná . On December 23, 1997, the Diocese of Ji-Paraná gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Juína .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Vila Rondônia
- José Martins da Silva SDN , 1978–1982, then Archbishop of Porto Velho
Bishops of Ji-Paraná
- Antônio Possamai SDB , 1983-2007
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Bruno Pedron SDS, 2007–2019
- Sedis vacancy since June 5, 2019