Diocese of Guarapuava
Guarapuaven(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guarapuava, Brazil
Diocese in Guarapuava, Parana, created on 16 December 1965 by Pope Paul VI. The current bishop is Dom Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P., serving since 2020. The diocese is marking its 60th jubilee year in 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 December 1965
- Latin
- Guarapuaven(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora de Belém
- Annuario code
- 001001541
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 431,000
- Population
- 608,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.9%
- Priests
- 86
- Catholics per priest
- 5,012
- Extent
- 27,360 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
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
- Dom Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P.
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 Nossa Senhora de Belém stands in Guarapuava, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cascavel.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CascavelCascavel
- Diocese of Foz do IguaçuFoz do Iguaçu
- Diocese of Palmas–Francisco BeltrãoPalmas–Francisco Beltrão
- Diocese of ToledoToledo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Brazilian city of Guarapuava anchors this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Guarapuavensis), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Curitiba.
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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.