Diocese of Paranaguá
| Diocese of Paranaguá | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Curitiba |
| Diocesan bishop | Edmar Peron |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 11,537 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 511,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 394,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,368 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosario |
| Website | diocesedeparanagua.org.br |
The Diocese of Paranaguá ( Latin Dioecesis Paranaguensis , Portuguese Diocese de Paranaguá ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Paranaguá in the state of Paraná .
history
The diocese Paranaguá was on July 21, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesia sancta from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Paranaguá
- Bernardo José Nolaker CSsR , 1963–1989
- Alfredo Ernest Novak CSsR, 1989-2006
- João Alves dos Santos OFMCap , 2006–2015
- Edmar Peron , since 2015
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Paranaguá (Portuguese)
- Entry on the Diocese of Paranaguá on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)