Diocese of Ponta Grossa
de Ponta Grossa
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ponta Grossa, Brazil
The Diocese of Ponta Grossa in Parana was created on May 10, 1926, by Pope Pius XI from territory of the Diocese of Curitiba. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, its bishop is Bruno Elizeu Versari, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 May 1926
- Latin
- de Ponta Grossa
- Patron
- Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace
- Annuario code
- 001002623
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 671,000
- Population
- 643,339
- Priests
- 133
- Catholics per priest
- 5,045
- Extent
- 23,462 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Bruno Elizeu Versari
- Born
- 30 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Cândido Mota
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 Sant'Ana stands in Ponta Grossa, 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 ParanaguáParanaguá
- 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.
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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.