Metropolitan Archdiocese of São João Batista em Curitiba, Brazil (Ukrainian Rite)

Rite: Ukrainian (Byzantine)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: São João Batista em Curitiba (Português) / Saint John the Baptist in Curitiba (English) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ Curitiben(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

1962.05.30: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Brazil / Brasiliæ (Latin) (from Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil)
1971.11.29: Promoted as Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba (Português) / Saint John the Baptist in Curitiba (English) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ Curitiben(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Curitiba)
2014.05.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São João Batista em Curitiba (Português) / Saint John the Baptist in Curitiba (English) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ Curitiben(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (with suffragan see Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis and lost territory to establish Diocese of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.05.12 – ...):

Archbishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (71)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (71)
(2014.05.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Todos sejam um

Born:	1953.03.27 (Mandaguaçu, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.03.21

Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (2003.12.10 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (2006.12.13 – 2014.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (2014.05.12 – ...)

Bishops of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (71) (later Archbishop)
(2006.12.13 – 2014.05.12)

(see above)

Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M.
(1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)

A Caridade jamais acabará

Born:	1928.12.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.13
Died:	2012.04.03 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Caffa (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M.
(1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Born:	1903.02.07 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1928.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.08.15
Died:	1989.02.23 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1958.05.10 – 1962.05.30)

Titular Bishop of Soldaia (1958.05.10 – 1971.11.29)

Apostolic Exarch of Brazil of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29)

Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Apostolic Exarchs of Brazil (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M.
(1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (71) (later Archbishop) (2003.12.10 – 2006.12.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M. (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto (72) (2007.06.20 – 2011.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. (62) (2005.12.21 – 2014.05.12)