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Diocese of Paranaguá

Dioecesis Paranaguensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Edmar Perón, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 21 July 1962
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Curitiba
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Parana
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 11,537 (4,456 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 2
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 531, 83203-970 Paranague; Rua Manoel Goncalves Maia Junior 264, Jardim Alvorada, 83206-295 Paranagua, PR, Brazil
  • Telephone: (041)3422-8553

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
21 July 1962ErectedArchdiocese of Curitiba (Paraíiaguá, Antonina, Adrianople, Bocaiuva do Sul, Campina Grande do Sul, Cerro Azul, Guaraqueçaba, Guaratuba, and Morretes) Diocese of Paranaguá (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966150,000170,00088.2%218207,50018629ap1967
1970148,510170,36187.2%225275,500255711ap1971
1976179,100199,00090.0%127286,396304712ap1977
1980179,100214,00083.7%218208,955184512ap1981
1987180,941248,50472.8%319228,224194412ap1991
1998258,750345,00075.0%10102012,937113613ap2001
1999258,750345,00075.0%10102012,937113613ap2000
2001250,159312,69980.0%10112111,912144113ap2002
2002304,507327,62892.9%11102114,500114313ap2003
2003308,612335,68991.9%12102214,027114313ap2004
2004263,830386,04168.3%12122410,992124614ap2005
2013388,000503,00077.1%23123511,085133319ap2014
2016394,000511,00077.1%27113810,3682133320ap2017
2019406,800527,70077.1%26113710,9942133320pa2020
2021412,870536,00077.0%26113711,1582133320ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 55, Page 817, and Page 818

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