The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho ( la, Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis) is a

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in the city of Jacarezinho in the

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Londrina Londrina (, literally "Little London") is a city located in the north of the state of Paraná, South Region, Brazil, and is away from the state capital, Curitiba. It is the second largest city in the state and fourth largest in the southern regi ...

in Brazil.

History

* May 10, 1926: Established as Diocese of Jacarezinho from the Diocese of Curitiba

Bishops

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s 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 Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (19 June 1923 – 20 September 2018) was a German-born Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Walter was born in Bichishausen, Germany and was ordained a priest on 2 December 1956 from the Religious order of Soci ...

, S.A.C. (10 August 1991 – 5 July 2000) ** Bishop

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(8 February 1962 – 10 August 1991) ** Bishop

Geraldo de Proença Sigaud Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (September 26, 1909 – September 5, 1999) was a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Jacarezinho from 1947 to 1960, and as Archbishop of Diamantina from 1960 to 1980. Bio ...

, S.V.D. (later Archbishop) (29 October 1946 – 20 December 1960), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais ** Bishop

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(22 November 1941 – 30 June 1945), appointed Bishop of Piracicaba, São Paulo ** Bishop

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, C.M. (22 April 1927 – 9 January 1940)

Coadjutor bishop

, S.A.C. (1984-1991)

Auxiliary bishop

, S.A.C. † (1977-1984), appointed Coadjutor here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Mauro Aparecido dos Santos Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (9 November 1954 – 11 March 2021) was a Brazilian Catholic cleric and metropolitan archbishop of Cascavel. Career Mauro Aparecido majored in philosophy and theology at Jacarezinho. On 13 May 1984, his priestly ordin ...

, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 1998 *

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, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana in 2001 *

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2010

References

GCatholic.org

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