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Archdiocese of Londrina

Londrinen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Londrina, Brazil

The Archdiocese of Londrina is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná state, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1956 and elevated to archdiocese in 1970. Its metropolitan archbishop is Geremias Steinmetz, and its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Apucarana, Cornélio Procópio, and Jacarezinho.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1 February 1956
Latin
Londrinen(sis)
Patron
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sagrado Coração de Jesus)
Annuario code
001002044

The see in figures

Catholics
542,000
Population
900,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
60.2%
Priests
149
Catholics per priest
3,638
Extent
6,594 km²
Catholics per km²
82

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
Geremias Steinmetz
Born
26 February 1965
Birthplace
Sulina

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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Londrina, 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 Londrina

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A Latin Church archdiocese in Paraná state, southern Brazil, Londrina (Latin: Archidioecesis Londrinensis) has as its cathedral the Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the archiepiscopal see of Londrina.

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Sources

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.