Diocese of Ponta Grossa
| Diocese of Ponta Grossa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Curitiba |
| Diocesan bishop | Sérgio Arthur Braschi |
| founding | 1926 |
| surface | 20,986 km² |
| Parishes | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 763,657 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 630,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 82.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 73 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,164 |
| Permanent deacons | 78 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 122 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 202 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sant'Ana |
| Website | www.diocesepontagrossa.com.br |
The diocese of Ponta Grossa ( Latin Dioecesis Ponta Grossa , Portuguese Diocese de Ponta Grossa ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Ponta Grossa in the state of Paraná .
history
Pope Pius XI founded it on May 10, 1926 with the Apostolic Constitution Quum in dies numerus from the cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- December 9, 1933 to the Palmas Territorial Prelature ;
- December 16, 1965 to the Diocese of Guarapuava ;
- December 3, 1976 to the Diocese of União da Vitória .
territory
The diocese of Ponta Grossa includes the parishes of Carambeí, Castro, Fernandes Pinheiro, Guamiranga, Imbaú, Imbituva, Ipiranga, Irati, Ivaí, Ortigueira, Piraí do Sul, Ponta Grossa, Reserva, Teixeira Soares, Telêmaco Borba, Tibagi and Ventanania of the state of Parorba, Tibagi and Ventanania.
Bishops of Ponta Grossa
- Antônio Mazzarotto (December 16, 1929 - March 20, 1965)
- Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda CP (March 20, 1965 - January 2, 1991)
- Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger SCI (May 8, 1991 - May 7, 1997, then Archbishop of Maringá )
- João Braz de Aviz (August 12, 1998 - July 17, 2002, then Archbishop of Maringá )
- Sérgio Arthur Braschi (since July 16, 2003)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Ponta Grossa on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Ponta Grossa on gcatholic.org (English)