Diocese of Paranaguá, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Paranaguá / Paranaguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Curitiba

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Rosário (October 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.07.21: Established as Diocese of Paranaguá / Paranaguen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.11.25 – ...):

Bishop Edmar Perón (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Paranaguá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edmar Perón (60)
(2015.11.25 – ...)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Ut faciam voluntatem tuam

Born:	1965.03.04 (Maringá, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1990.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.02.28

Priest of Maringá (Brazil) (1990.01.21 – 2009.12.30)

Titular Bishop of Mattiana (2009.12.30 – 2015.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2015.11.25 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach (70) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.
(2006.08.02 – 2015.04.09)

Como aquele que serve

Born:	1956.12.09 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.09.30
Died:	2015.04.09 († 58)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2006.08.02 – 2015.04.09)

Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R.
(1989.03.15 – 2006.08.02)

Evangelizare Misit Me

Born:	1930.06.02 (Dwight, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2014.12.03 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1979.04.19 – 1989.03.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1979.04.19 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2006.08.02)

Bishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R.
(1963.01.07 – 1989.03.15)

Voluntas Dei pax nostra

Born:	1912.09.25 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.04.25
Died:	2000.01.17 († 87)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1963.01.07 – 1989.03.15)

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux
(Apostolic Administrator 1962.07.21 – 1963.01.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Paranaguá, Paraná
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (28)

São José dos Pinhais (←), Curitiba (←), Ponta Grossa (↖), Jacarezinho (↖), Itapeva (↑), Registro (↗), Joinville (↓)

Statistics (2016.12.31)

Area: 11,537 km²

Population: 419,000 Catholics (77.2% of 543,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 248 missions

Personnel: 37 priests (26 diocesan, 11 religious), 2 deacons, 46 religious (13 brothers, 33 sisters), 7 seminarians