Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Mourão

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Mourão (Latin: Dioecesis Campi Moranensis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Maringá in Paraná state, southern Brazil.

Diocese of Campo Mourão

Dioecesis Campi Moranensis
Cathedral of St. Joseph
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceMaringá
Statistics
Area12,544 km2 (4,843 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
356,244
292,012 (82.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established20 June 1959 (65 years ago)
CathedralCatedral São José
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopBruno Elizeu Versari
Bishops emeritusFrancisco Javier Del Valle Paredes
Website
www.diocesecampomourao.com.br

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of Campo Mourão.

History

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Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 323,000 Catholics (82.4% of 392,000 total) on 12,187 km² in 39 parishes and a mission with 65 priests (57 diocesan, 8 religious), 5 deacons, 90 lay religious (21 brothers, 69 sisters) and 13 seminarians.

Bishops

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(all Roman rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of Campo Mourão
  • Elizeu Simões Mendes (17 October 1959 - retired 3 December 1980), died 2001; previously Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1950.08.21 – 1953.09.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1950.08.21 – 1953.09.19), Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1953.09.19 – 1959.10.17)
  • Virgílio de Pauli (8 May 1981 - death 21 February 1999)
  • Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (21 February 1999 - 31 October 2007), next Archbishop of Archdiocese of Cascavel, Parana (Brazil) (2007.10.31 – ...); previously Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão (1998.05.27 – succession 1999.02.21)
  • Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes (born Paraguay) (24 December 2008 - 6 December 2017)
  • Bruno Eliseu Versari (2017.12.06 - ...), previously Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão (2017.04.19 – 2017.12.06), no previous prelature.

Coadjutor bishops

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See also

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