Archdiocese of Cascavel
Cascavellen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cascavel, Brazil
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel in Paraná, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1978 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1979. It is the metropolitan see for the dioceses of Foz do Iguaçu, Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, and Toledo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 May 1978
- Latin
- Cascavellen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida)
- Annuario code
- 001001071
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 292,000
- Population
- 390,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 74.9%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 4,563
- Extent
- 8,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Archbishop
- José Mário Scalon Angonese
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 Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Cascavel, 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 Cascavel
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Foz do IguaçuFoz do Iguaçu
- Diocese of GuarapuavaGuarapuava
- Diocese of Palmas–Francisco BeltrãoPalmas–Francisco Beltrão
- Diocese of ToledoToledo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cascavel, a city in Brazil, is the seat of a Latin Church archdiocese that bears the Latin title Archidioecesis Cascavellensis.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.