Paranavaí diocese
| Paranavaí diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Maringá |
| Diocesan bishop | Mario Spaki |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 8,699 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 271,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 231,900 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,270 |
| Friars | 22 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 46 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Maria Mãe da Igreja |
| Website | www.diocesedeumuarama.org.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paranavaí ( lat. : Dioecesis Paranavaiensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese headquartered in Paranavaí .
The diocese includes the following parishes in the Brazilian state of Paraná : Paranavaí, Adhemar de Barros, Alto Paraná, Amaporã, Diamante do Norte, Guairaçá, Itaúna do Sul, Loanda, Marilena, Mirador, Nova Londrina, Paraíso do Norte do Paraná Planaltina, Puerto Rico to do this Querência Norte, Santa Cruz do Monte Castelo, Santa Isabel Ivaí, Santa Monica, Santo Antonio Caiuá do, São Carlos Ivaí, São José Ivaí, São Pedro do Paraná, Tamboara and Terra Rica.
history
Pope Paul VI founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Nil gratius on January 20, 1968 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Maringá and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan diocese.
On October 31, 1970, it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Archdiocese of Londrina . On October 16, 1979, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Maringá .
- Benjamin de Souza Gomes (March 11, 1968 - October 12, 1985)
- Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola (October 12, 1985 - December 3, 2003)
- Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (December 3, 2003 - September 16, 2009, then Bishop of Bragança Paulista )
- Geremias Steinmetz (January 5, 2011 - June 14, 2017, then Archbishop of Londrina )
- Mário Spaki (since April 25, 2018)
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Paranavaí diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Paranavaí diocese on gcatholic.org (English)