Archdiocese of Londrina
| Archdiocese of Londrina | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Geremias stonemason |
| founding | 1956 |
| surface | 6,714 km² |
| Parishes | 76 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 984,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 722,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 73.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 73 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 75 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,878 |
| Permanent deacons | 56 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 126 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 230 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus |
| Website | Archdiocese of Londrina |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Apucarana Diocese of Cornélio Procópio Diocese of Jacarezinho |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Londrina ( lat. : Archidioecesis Londrinensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Londrina in the state of Paraná .
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history
The Archdiocese of Londrina was founded on February 1, 1956 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Latissimas partire from cessions of territory of the diocese Jacarezinho as diocese Londrina . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Curitiba as a suffragan . On November 28, 1964, the diocese of Londrina gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Apucarana .
On October 31, 1970, the Diocese of Londrina by Pope Paul VI. raised to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Aeternae animorum . In 1973 it received an auxiliary bishop for the first time , who supported the then Archbishop Geraldo Fernandes Bijos in his work.
More than 3 million Catholics currently live in the Archdiocese of Londrina, divided into 75 parishes (as of 2012).
Ordinaries
Bishops of Londrina
- Geraldo Fernandes Bijos CMF , 1956-1970
Archbishops of Londrina
- Geraldo Fernandes Bijos CMF, 1970-1982
- Geraldo Majella Agnelo , 1982–1991, then Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Order of the Sacraments
- Albano Bortoletto Cavallin , 1992-2006
- Orlando Brandes , 2006–2016, then Archbishop of Aparecida
- Geremias Steinmetz , since 2017
See also
Web links
- Archdiocese of Londrina website (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Londrina on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Latissimas partire , AAS 48 (1956), n.10, p. 485ff.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Aeternae animorum , AAS 63 (1971), n.4 , p. 257f.