Diocese of Umuarama
Umuaramen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Umuarama, Brazil
The Diocese of Umuarama is a Latin Church diocese in Parana, Brazil, erected on 26 May 1973 from the Diocese of Campo Mourao. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maringa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 May 1973
- Latin
- Umuaramen(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Spirit (Divino Espírito Santo)
- Annuario code
- 001000044
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 325,950
- Population
- 364,536
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.4%
- Priests
- 81
- Catholics per priest
- 4,024
- Extent
- 13,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- João Mamede Filho
- Born
- 21 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Caçapava
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI
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 Divino Espírito Santo stands in Umuarama, 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 Maringá
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maringá.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campo MourãoCampo Mourão
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Umuarama, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Umuaramensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Maringá in Brazil.
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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.