Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho
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Diocese of Jacarezinho Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis | |
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![]() Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião in 2016 | |
Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Londrina |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,369 km2 (5,162 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 437,000 380,000 (87.0%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 10 May 1926 (98 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Antônio Braz Benevente |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Geremias Steinmetz |
Bishops emeritus | Fernando José Penteado |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho (Latin: Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis) is a diocese in the city of Jacarezinho in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.
History
[edit]- May 10, 1926: Established as Diocese of Jacarezinho from the Diocese of Curitiba
Bishops
[edit]- Bishops of Jacarezinho (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente (7 September 2010 – present)
- Bishop Fernando José Penteado (5 July 2000 – 23 June 2010)
- Bishop Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (10 August 1991 – 5 July 2000)
- Bishop Pedro Filipak (8 February 1962 – 10 August 1991)
- Bishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (later Archbishop) (29 October 1946 – 20 December 1960), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
- Bishop Ernesto de Paula (22 November 1941 – 30 June 1945), appointed Bishop of Piracicaba, São Paulo
- Bishop Fernando Taddei, C.M. (22 April 1927 – 9 January 1940)
Coadjutor bishop
[edit]- Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (1984-1991)
Auxiliary bishop
[edit]- Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † (1977-1984), appointed Coadjutor here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
[edit]- Mauro Aparecido dos Santos, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 1998
- Elizeu de Morais Pimentel, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana in 2001
- Mário Antônio da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2010
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