The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraná ( la, Archidioecesis Paranensis) is a

metropolitan diocese A metropolis religious jurisdiction, or a metropolitan archdiocese, is an episcopal see whose bishop is the metropolitan bishop or archbishop of an ecclesiastical province. Metropolises, historically, have been important cities in their provinces. ...

. Its

suffragan see A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, ...

s include Concordia and Gualeguaychú.

History

On 13 June 1859,

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

established the Diocese of Paraná from the Diocese of Buenos Aires. It lost territory to the Diocese of Santa Fe when it was created in 1897 and the Diocese of Corrientes in 1910. The Diocese of Paraná was elevated to an archdiocese by

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...

on 20 April 1934. It lost territory two more times when the dioceses of Gualeguaychú (1957) and Concordia (1961) were created.

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Luis José Gabriel Segura y Cubas (1859–1862) * José María Gelabert y Crespo (1865–1897) * Rudesindo de la Lastra y Gordillo (1898–1908) * Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos (1910–1926) * Julián Pedro Martínez (1927–1934) *

Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland Zoro Lorenzo Guilland was the Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina. Having consecrated Anunciado Serafini to the episcopacy, Guilland is in the episcopal lineage of Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Franc ...

(1934–1962) *

Adolfo Servando Tortolo Adolfo may refer to: * Adolfo, São Paulo, a Brazilian municipality * Adolfo (designer), Cuban-born American fashion designer * Adolfo or Adolf Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in Ge ...

(1962–1986) *

Estanislao Esteban Karlic Estanislao Esteban Karlic (born 7 February 1926) is an Argentine Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraná, Archbishop of Paraná from 1986 to 2003, and was elevated to the Ca ...

(1986–2003); elevated to Cardinal in 2007 *

Mario Luis Bautista Maulión Mario Luis Bautista Maulión (4 December 1934 – 27 September 2020) was an Argentinian Roman Catholic archbishop. Maulión was born in Argentina and was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. He served as titular bishop of ''Febiana'' and was a ...

(2003–2010) *

Juan Alberto Puiggari Juan Alberto Puiggari (born 21 November 1949) is an Argentinian clergyman. He has been the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paraná since 2010. Biography Puiggari was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was ordained as a priest on 13 November 1976. ...

(2010–present)

Coadjutor archbishop

(1983-1986); future Cardinal

Auxiliary bishops

Nicolás de Carlo Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(1918-1936), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe *

(1956-1960), appointed Archbishop here *

Fortunato Antonio Rossi Fortunato, the Italian form of the Latin Fortunatus, may refer to: * Saint Fortunatus (disambiguation), ''San Fortunato'' * ''Fortunato'' (yacht), a 205-foot megayacht built by Feadship in 2000 * ''Fortunato'' (film), 1942 Spanish film People ...

(1961-1963), appointed Bishop of Venado Tuerto *

José María Mestres José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1974-1987) *

(1998-2003), appointed Archbishop here *

César Daniel Fernández Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

(2007-2012), appointed Bishop of Jujuy

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Ramón Alfredo Dus Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Reconquista in 2005

Territorial losses

External links and references

Roman Catholic dioceses in Argentina Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Paraná Religious organizations established in 1859 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1859 establishments in Argentina {{Argentina-RC-diocese-stub