Roman Catholic Diocese of Paranavaí

The Diocese of Paranavaí (Latin: Dioecesis Paranavaiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Maringá in Paraná.

Diocese of Paranavaí

Dioecesis Paranavaiensis
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceMaringá
Statistics
Area8,699 km2 (3,359 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
237,071
201,510 (85.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 January 1968 (56 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Maria Mãe da Igreja
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMário Spaki
Website
www.maedaigreja.org.br

Its cathedral is Catedral Maria Mãe da Igreja, dedicated to Mary Mother of the Church, in the episcopal see of Paranavaí. The Bishop of Paranavaí has been Mário Spaki since 2018.

History

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Statistics

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As of 2014, it pastorally served 228,000 Catholics (85.4% of 267,000 total) on 8,699 km2 in 35 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (34 diocesan, 7 religious), 64 lay religious (21 brothers, 43 sisters) and 4 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries and coadjutor bishop

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Suffragan Bishops of Paranavaí

See also

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