Diocese of Paranaguá, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Paranaguá / Paranaguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Curitiba

Neighbouring Dioceses: São José dos Pinhais (←), Curitiba (←), Ponta Grossa (↖), Jacarezinho (↖), Itapeva (↑), Registro (↗), Joinville (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Rosário (October 7)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1962.07.21: Established as Diocese of Paranaguá / Paranaguen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.08.20 – ...):

Bishop Paulo Alves Romão (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Paranaguá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paulo Alves Romão (61)
(2025.08.20 – ...)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Vivere Christus est

Born:	1964.04.06 (Barra do Jacaré, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1997.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.01.28

Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1997.06.28 – 2016.12.07)

Titular Bishop of Calama (2016.12.07 – 2025.08.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2016.12.07 – 2025.08.20)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2025.08.20 – ...)

Bishop Bruno Elizeu Versari (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.05.20 – 2025.07.20)

Bishop Edmar Perón (61)
(2015.11.25 – 2025.05.20)

Bishop emeritus of Paranaguá (Brazil)

Ut faciam voluntatem tuam

Born:	1965.03.04 (Maringá, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1990.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.02.28

Priest of Maringá (Brazil) (1990.01.21 – 2009.12.30)

Titular Bishop of Mattiana (2009.12.30 – 2015.11.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2015.11.25 – 2025.05.20)

Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach (71) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop João Alves dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.
(2006.08.02 – 2015.04.09)

Como aquele que serve

Born:	1956.12.09 (Alto Alegre, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.09.30
Died:	2015.04.09 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 58)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2006.08.02 – 2015.04.09)

Bishop Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R.
(1989.03.15 – 2006.08.02)

Evangelizare Misit Me

Born:	1930.06.02 (Dwight, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2014.12.03 (Campina Grande do Sul, PR, Brazil † 84)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1979.04.19 – 1989.03.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1979.04.19 – 1989.03.15)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 2006.08.02)

Bishop Bernardo José Nolker, C.SS.R.
(1963.01.07 – 1989.03.15)

Voluntas Dei pax nostra

Born:	1912.09.25 (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.04.25
Died:	2000.01.17 (Baltimore, MD, USA † 87)

Bishop of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1963.01.07 – 1989.03.15)

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux
(Apostolic Administrator 1962.07.21 – 1963.01.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Paranaguá, Paraná
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (28)

São José dos Pinhais (←), Curitiba (←), Ponta Grossa (↖), Jacarezinho (↖), Itapeva (↑), Registro (↗), Joinville (↓)

Statistics (2016.12.31)

Area: 11,537 km²

Population: 419,000 Catholics (77.2% of 543,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 248 missions

Personnel: 37 priests (26 diocesan, 11 religious), 2 deacons, 46 religious (13 brothers, 33 sisters), 7 seminarians