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Diocese of Paranavaí

Dioecesis Paranavaiensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Mário Spaki, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 January 1968
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Maringá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Parana
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 8,700 (3,360 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 2
  • Official Web Site: http://www.maedaigreja.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, C.P. 453, 87701-970 Paranavai; Rua Francisco Vieira Borges 373, 87705-180 Paranavai, PR, Brazil
  • Telephone: (044)3423-1045
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 January 1968ErectedDiocese of Maringá (Alto Paraná, Amapora, Diamante do Norte, Guairacá, Itauna do Sul, Loanda, Mirador, Nova Aliança do Ivaí, Nova Londrina, Paraíso do Norte, Paranavaí, Planaltina do Paraná, Porto Rico, Querencia do Norte, Santa Cruz do Monte Castelo, Santa Isabel do Ivaí,..) Diocese of Paranavaí (erected)
31 October 1970Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Paranavaí (from Curitiba)
16 October 1979Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Campo Mourão (from Londrina to Maringá)
Diocese of Paranavaí (from Londrina to Maringá)
Diocese of Umuarama (from Londrina to Maringá)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1970559,810.0%20103001217ap1971
1976243,200304,00080.0%2111327,600114921ap1977
1980232,000290,30079.9%304346,82344622ap1981
1990264,000295,00089.5%1631913,894205528ap1991
1999296,000349,00084.8%288368,22287229ap2000
2000302,000355,00085.1%278358,62886730ap2001
2001201,500237,07185.0%308385,30286830ap2002
2002201,500237,07185.0%3010405,037386234ap2003
2003201,510237,07185.0%3110414,914395934ap2004
2004201,510237,07185.0%3210424,797105635ap2005
2013226,000265,00085.3%349435,255234435ap2014
2016231,900271,00085.6%359445,270224635ap2017
2019237,500277,55085.6%3510455,277233934ap2020
2021241,270281,90085.6%3310435,610235134ap2022

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 60, Page 545, to Page 547
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 63, Page 257, and Page 258
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,501, and Page 1,502

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