Diocese of Campo Mourão
Campi Moranen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Campo Mourão, Brazil
The Diocese of Campo Mourao is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Parana state, southern Brazil, erected in 1959. Its cathedral is dedicated to Saint Joseph in the city of Campo Mourao.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1959
- Latin
- Campi Moranen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001001040
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 323,000
- Population
- 356,244
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.7%
- Priests
- 67
- Catholics per priest
- 4,821
- Extent
- 12,544 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Evandro Luis Braun
- Born
- 3 August 1976
- Birthplace
- Teixeira Soares
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral São José stands in Campo Mourão, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Maringá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maringá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of UmuaramaUmuarama
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Paraná state in southern Brazil, the Diocese of Campo Mourão (Latin: Dioecesis Campi Moranensis) serves as a suffragan Latin see under the Metropolitan of Maringá. Its cathedral, the Catedral São José in the city of Campo Mourão, is dedicated to Saint Joseph.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.