Diocese of Paranaguá
Paranaguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Paranaguá, Brazil
The Diocese of Paranagua is a Latin Rite diocese in Parana, Brazil, erected in 1962 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Curitiba. The see has been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Edmar Peron in 2025, with Bruno Elizeu Versari serving as apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 July 1962
- Latin
- Paranaguen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001002542
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 263,830
- Population
- 386,041
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.3%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 7,131
- Extent
- 12,992 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Paulo Alves Romão
- Born
- 6 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Barra do Jacaré
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 de Nossa Senhora do Santissimo Rosario stands in Paranaguá, 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 Curitiba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Curitiba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CuritibaCuritiba
- Diocese of Ponta GrossaPonta Grossa
- Diocese of São José dos PinhaisSão José dos Pinhais
- Diocese of União da VitóriaUnião da Vitória
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Centered on the city of Paranaguá in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Paranaguensis) forms part 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.