Diocese of Toledo (Brazil)
| Diocese of Toledo (Brazil) | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cascavel |
| Diocesan bishop | João Carlos Seneme CSS |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 8,000 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Residents | 409,500 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics | 362.100 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| proportion of | 88.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,963 |
| Friars | 39 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 39 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Cristo Rei ( Christ the King ) |
| Website | http://www.diocesedetoledo.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo ( lat. : Dioecesis Toletanus in Brasilia ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Toledo in the state of Paraná . It covers the western part of the state.
history
Pope Pius XII established the diocese on June 20, 1959 with the Apostolic Constitution Cum venerabili from cession of territory of the diocese of Foz do Iguaçu and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- December 16, 1965 to the Diocese of Guarapuava ;
- May 5, 1978 to the dioceses of Cascavel and Foz do Iguaçu .
On October 16, 1979 it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Cascavel.
Bishops of Toledo
- Armando Círio OSI (May 14, 1960– May 5, 1978, then Bishop of Cascavel )
- Geraldo Majella Agnelo (May 5, 1978– October 4, 1982, then Archbishop of Londrina )
- Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner (July 2, 1983– December 27, 1995, then Archbishop of Cascavel)
- Anuar Battisti (April 15, 1998– September 29, 2004, then Archbishop of Maringá )
- Francisco Carlos Bach (July 27, 2005– October 3, 2012, then Bishop of São José dos Pinhais )
- João Carlos Seneme CSS (since June 26, 2013)
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Toledo (Brazil) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry for the Diocese of Toledo on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Diocese of Toledo on gcatholic.org (English)