Diocese of São José dos Pinhais
Sancti Ioseph Pinealen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
Latin-rite diocese in Parana state, southern Brazil. Erected 6 December 2006 from territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Sao Jose in Sao Jose dos Pinhais.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 2006
- Latin
- Sancti Ioseph Pinealen(sis)
- Patron
- san José
- Annuario code
- 001002994
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 667,752
- Population
- 725,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.1%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 8,786
- Extent
- 7,172 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 93
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
- Celso Antonio Marchiori
- Born
- 14 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Campo Largo
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 Sao Jose stands in São José dos Pinhais, 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 Curitiba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CuritibaCuritiba
- Diocese of ParanaguáParanaguá
- Diocese of Ponta GrossaPonta Grossa
- Diocese of União da VitóriaUnião da Vitória
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil, São José dos Pinhais (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi Pinealensis) belongs as a suffragan to the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba. In the city of São José dos Pinhais, in the state of Paraná, stands its cathedral, the Catedral de São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph.
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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.