Diocese of Paranavaí, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Paranavaí / Paranavaien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maringá

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora Mãe da Igreja (August 15)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1968.01.20: Established as Diocese of Paranavaí / Paranavaien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Maringá and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1970.10.31: Became suffragan of Londrina
1979.10.16: Became suffragan of Maringá

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.04.25 – ...):

Bishop Mário Spaki (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Paranavaí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mário Spaki (53)
(2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil)

Fitando-o o amou

Born:	1971.12.14 (Irati, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2003.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.06.22

Priest of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (2003.08.03 – 2018.04.25)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (2018.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Geremias Steinmetz (60) (later Archbishop)
(2011.01.05 – 2017.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil)

Cognoverunt eum in fractione panis

Born:	1965.02.26 (Sulina, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.25

Priest of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil) (1991.02.09 – 2011.01.05)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (2011.01.05 – 2017.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil) (2017.06.14 – ...)

Bishop Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (70)
(2003.12.03 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil)

Sicut qui ministrat

Born:	1954.08.29 (Cajobi, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.06

Priest of Limeira (Brazil) (1980.08.06 – 2001.10.10)

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (2001.10.10 – 2003.12.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Carlos (Brazil) (2001.10.10 – 2003.12.03)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (2003.12.03 – 2009.09.16)

Bishop of Bragança Paulista (Brazil) (2009.09.16 – ...)

Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola
(1985.10.12 – 2003.12.03)

Quærite Regnum Dei

Born:	1928.06.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.03.19
Died:	2017.12.28 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Bilta (1980.12.20 – 1985.10.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís de Montes Belos (Brazil) (1980.12.20 – 1985.10.12)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (1985.10.12 – 2003.12.03)

Bishop Benjamin de Souza Gomes
(1968.03.11 – 1985.10.12)

Semen verbum Dei

Born:	1911.11.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.09
Died:	1995.11.17 († 83)

Bishop of Paranavaí (Brazil) (1968.03.11 – 1985.10.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Elizeu de Morais Pimentel (2001.12.19 – 2003.02.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Maria Mãe da Igreja, Paranavaí, Paraná

Churches by City (36)

Umuarama (↙), Naviraí (←), Presidente Prudente (↗), Maringá (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,700 km²

Population: 223,000 Catholics (85.5% of 260,927 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 43 priests (34 diocesan, 9 religious), 26 deacons, 50 religious (9 brothers, 41 sisters), 13 seminarians