Diocese of

Cornélio Procópio

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cornélio Procópio / Procopien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Londrina

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Imaculado Coração de Maria

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1973.05.26: Established as Diocese of Cornélio Procópio / Procopien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Jacarezinho and became suffragan of Londrina)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.22 – ...):

Bishop Marcos José dos Santos (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cornélio Procópio (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcos José dos Santos (50)
(2022.06.22 – ...)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Born:	1974.03.02 (Lupionólopis, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2000.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.08.13

Priest of Londrina (Brazil) (2000.02.12 – 2022.06.22)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (2022.06.22 – ...)

Bishop Manoel João Francisco (78)
(2014.03.26 – 2022.06.22)

Bishop emeritus of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil)

Em vasos de Argila

Born:	1946.09.05 (Machados, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.21

Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1973.12.08 – 1998.10.28)

Bishop of Chapecó (Brazil) (1998.10.28 – 2014.03.26)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (2014.03.26 – 2022.06.22)

Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D.
(1984.03.26 – 2014.03.26)

Qui Pertransiit Benefaciendo

Born:	1937.10.17 (Cipotânea, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1966.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.03.22
Died:	2020.08.01 (Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brazil † 82)

Titular Bishop of Tabbora (1980.12.20 – 1984.03.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1980.12.20 – 1984.03.26)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (1984.03.26 – 2014.03.26)

Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M.
(1979.04.19 – 1983.05.17)

Tudo para Todos

Born:	1928.03.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.28
Died:	2010.07.21 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Tela (1975.06.27 – 1979.04.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1975.06.27 – 1979.04.19)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (1979.04.19 – 1983.05.17)

Bishop of Apucarana (Brazil) (1983.05.17 – 2005.02.02)

Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves
(1973.06.14 – 1979.03.28)

In corde matris

Born:	1917.10.21 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.12.08
Died:	1988.06.23 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Helos (1951.08.22 – 1951.12.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil) (1951.08.22 – 1951.12.15)

Bishop of Espírito Santo (Brazil) (1951.12.15 – 1957.03.14)

Titular Bishop of Tanis (1957.03.14 – 1973.06.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil) (1957.03.14 – 1973.06.14)

Bishop of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (1973.06.14 – 1979.03.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Cristo Rei, Cornélio Procópio, Paraná

Churches by City (26)

Londrina (←), Assis (↑), Jacarezinho (→), Ponta Grossa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,586 km²

Population: 127,857 Catholics (70.7% of 180,964 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 37 priests (29 diocesan, 8 religious), 26 religious (13 brothers, 13 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.03

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