Diocese of

Foz do Iguaçu

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Foz do Iguaçu / Iguassuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cascavel

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ciudad del Este (←), Toledo (↑), Cascavel (↗), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↘), Puerto Iguazú (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1926.05.10: Established as Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu / Iguassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1959.06.20: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Toledo)
1978.05.05: Restored as Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu / Iguassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Toledo and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1979.10.16: Became suffragan of Cascavel

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.07.17 – ...):

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Foz do Iguaçu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (59)
(2019.07.17 – ...)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

In hoc signo vinces

Born:	1966.04.04 (Alfredo Wagner, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1993.02.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.08.18

Priest of Cornélio Procópio (Brazil) (1993.02.06 – 2012.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Gergis (2012.06.27 – 2019.07.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2012.06.27 – 2019.07.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo of the Greek-Melkites (Brazil) (2018.05.23 – 2019.06.17)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (2019.07.17 – ...)

Bishop Dirceu Vegini
(2010.10.20 – 2018.09.29)

Comunhão e participação

Born:	1952.04.14 (Massaranduba, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.02
Died:	2018.09.29 (Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil † 66)

Priest of Apucarana (Brazil) (1984.01.21 – 2006.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena (2006.03.15 – 2010.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2006.03.15 – 2010.10.20)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (2010.10.20 – 2018.09.29)

Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S.
(2002.12.11 – 2010.10.20)

Omnia propter electos

Born:	1934.07.07 (Nova Bassano, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.04.18
Died:	2021.02.22 (Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil † 86)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1982.02.04 – 1982.02.12)

Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1982.02.12 – 2002.12.11)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (2002.12.11 – 2010.10.20)

Bishop Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D.
(1978.05.05 – 2001.11.28)

Em um só espiritu

Born:	1925.06.25 (Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.08.12
Died:	2008.12.25 (Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil † 83)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 2001.11.28)

Prelates of Foz do Iguaçu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manoel Könner, S.V.D.
(1947.12.13 – 1959.06.20)

Born:	1885.08.15 (Sabschutz, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1910.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.03.19
Died:	1968.12.09 († 83)

Apostolic Administrator of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1940.02.17 – 1947.12.13)

Bishop-Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1947.12.13 – 1959.06.20)

Titular Bishop of Modra (1947.12.13 – 1968.12.09)

Fr. Manoel Könner, S.V.D. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1940.02.17 – 1947.12.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná
Former Cathedral: Igreja de São João Batista, Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná

Churches by City (26)

Ciudad del Este (←), Toledo (↑), Cascavel (↗), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↘), Puerto Iguazú (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,830 km²

Population: 312,750 Catholics (65.8% of 475,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 54 priests (31 diocesan, 23 religious), 12 deacons, 84 religious (31 brothers, 53 sisters), 9 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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