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Roman Catholic Diocese of Paranavaí

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Diocese of Paranavaí
Dioecesis Paranavaiensis
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceMaringá
Statistics
Area8,699 km (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

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.

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

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 228,000 Catholics (85.4% of 267,000 total) on 8,699 km 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

Suffragan Bishops of Paranavaí

See also

Sources and external links

Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil


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