The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cascavel ( la, Archidioecesis Cascavellensis) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

located in the city of

Cascavel Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. It is the fifth most populous city in the state with 332,333 residents, according to IBGE, a government agency. The distance to Curitiba, the state capital, is 491 kilometers by f ...

in Brazil.

History

* May 5, 1978: Established as Diocese of Cascavel from the Diocese of Toledo * October 16, 1979: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel

Leadership

* Bishops of Cascavel **Armando Círio, O.S.I. (later Archbishop) (1978.05.05 – 1979.10.16) * Archbishops of Cascavel **

Armando Círio Armando Círio, O.S.I. (April 30, 1916 – August 11, 2014) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. At his death he was one of oldest bishops in the Catholic Church and the oldest Brazilian bishop. Círio born in Calamandrana, Italy ...

, O.S.I. (1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27) **

Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner (2 September 1931 – 1 April 2023) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Toledo from 1983 to 1995 and archbishop of Cascavel Cascavel is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil. ...

(1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31) ** Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (2007.10.31 – 2021.03.11) ** Adelar Baruffi (2021.09.22 – ...) *Other priests of this diocese who became bishops ** José Antônio Peruzzo, appointed Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana in 2005 ** Nélio Domingos Zortea, appointed Bishop of Jataí, Goias in 2015

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu * Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão * Diocese of Toledo

Sources

GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website
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