Diocese of

Ji-Paraná

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ji-Paraná / Giparanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Porto Velho

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1978.01.03: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia / Rondonien(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho and became suffragan of Manaus)
1982.10.04: Became suffragan of Porto Velho
1983.02.19: Promoted as Diocese of Ji-Paraná / Giparanen(sis) (Latin)
1997.12.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Juína

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.12.02 – ...):

Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ji-Paraná (Roman Rite)

Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. (64)
(2020.12.02 – ...)

Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil)

Born:	1960.07.09 (Bonn, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.02.27

Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (2020.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B.
(2007.04.11 – 2019.06.05)

Born:	1944.06.03 (Torreglia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1974.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.21
Died:	2022.06.17 (Campo Grande, MS, Brazil † 78)

Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1999.03.24 – 1999.08.04)

Bishop of Jardim (Brazil) (1999.08.04 – 2007.04.11)

Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (2007.04.11 – 2019.06.05)

Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B.
(1983.03.04 – 2007.04.11)

O Senhor me ungiu para Evangelizar os pobres

Born:	1929.04.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.05.15
Died:	2018.10.27 († 89)

Bishop of Ji-Paraná (Brazil) (1983.03.04 – 2007.04.11)

Prelates of Vila Rondônia (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. (later Archbishop)
(1978.01.03 – 1982.10.04)

Born:	1935.06.14 (Tiros, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.02
Died:	2015.01.29 († 79)

Bishop-Prelate of Vila Rondônia (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1982.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil) (1982.10.04 – 1997.09.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Bosco, Ji-Paraná, Rondônia

Churches by City (22)

Guajará-Mirim (←), Porto Velho (↖), Juína (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 75,788 km²

Population: 288,000 Catholics (43.1% of 668,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 1,215 missions

Personnel: 51 priests (26 diocesan, 25 religious), 1 deacon, 47 religious (27 brothers, 20 sisters), 9 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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