The Diocese of Paranavaí () is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Maringá in

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. Its

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is Catedral Maria Mãe da Igreja, dedicated to Mary Mother of the Church, in the

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Paranavaí Paranavaí is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil that was founded on December 14, 1952. Paranavaí is located in the Northwest part of the state of Paraná, Paranavaí is also one of the richest cities in Paraná and has a popula ...

. The Bishop of Paranavaí has been

Mário Spaki Mário Spaki (born 14 December 1971) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Roman Catholic Diocese of Paranavaí, Bishop of Paranavaí since July 2018. Biography Mário Spaki was born on 14 December 1971 in Irati, Paraná, Irat ...

since 2018.

History

* 20 January 1968: Established as Diocese of Paranavaí, on territory split off from the then

Diocese of Maringá In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...

(now its Metropolitan) under the Bishop Jaime Luiz Coelho.

Statistics

, it pastorally served 228,000 Catholics (85.4% of 267,000 total) on 8,699 km² in 35 parishes and 1 mission with 41 priests (34 diocesan, 7 religious), 64 lay religious (21 brothers, 43 sisters) and 4 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries and coadjutor bishop

;Suffragan Bishops of Paranavaí * Benjamin de Souza Gomes (11 March 1968 - retired 12 October 1985), died 1995 * Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola (12 October 1985 - retired 3 December 2003) previously

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of Bilta (1980.12.20 – 1985.10.12) as

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of Diocese of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil) (1980.12.20 – 1985.10.12), died 2017 **

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: Elizeu de Morais Pimentel (2001.12.19 – death 2003.02.27) * Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (3 December 2003 – 16 September 2009), appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, São Paulo * Geremias Steinmetz (5 January 2011 - 14 June 2017), appointed Archbishop of Londrina, Parana *

(25 April 2018 – present)

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org - data for al sections

Diocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Maringá

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Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub

History

Statistics

Episcopal ordinaries and coadjutor bishop

See also

Sources and external links