Diocese of Toledo, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Toledo / Toletan(us) in Brasilia (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cascavel

Neighbouring Dioceses: Canindeyú (←), Umuarama (↑), Campo Mourão (↗), Cascavel (↘), Foz do Iguaçu (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Cristo Rei

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 1 (1985)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.06.20: Established as Diocese of Toledo / Toletan(us) in Brasilia (Latin) (from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1965.12.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Guarapuava
1978.05.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cascavel and Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
1979.10.16: Became suffragan of Cascavel

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.06.26 – ...):

Bishop João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. (67)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Toledo (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. (67)
(2013.06.26 – ...)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil)

O amor de Cristo nos impele

Born:	1958.12.11 (Gertrudes, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.12.16

Titular Bishop of Albulæ (2007.10.17 – 2013.06.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2007.10.17 – 2013.06.26)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (2013.06.26 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach (72) (later Archbishop)
(2005.07.27 – 2012.10.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Joinville (Brazil)

In manus tuas

Born:	1954.05.04 (Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.27

Priest of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1977.12.03 – 2005.07.27)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (2005.07.27 – 2012.10.03)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2012.10.03 – 2017.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2017.04.19 – 2024.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2024.11.05 – ...)

Bishop Anuar Battisti (73) (later Archbishop)
(1998.04.15 – 2004.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maringá (Brazil)

Caminhai no Senhor

Born:	1953.02.19 (Lajeado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.20

Priest of Toledo (Brazil) (1980.12.08 – 1998.04.15)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2004.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (2004.09.29 – 2019.11.20)

Bishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner (later Archbishop)
(1983.07.02 – 1995.12.27)

Ut Vitam Habeant

Born:	1931.09.02 (Nova Milano, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.10.12
Died:	2023.04.01 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil † 91)

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1957.12.01 – 1983.07.02)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1983.07.02 – 1995.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)

Bishop Geraldo Majella Agnelo (later Cardinal)
(1978.05.05 – 1982.10.04)

Caritas cum fide

Born:	1933.10.19 (Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.08.06
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2023.08.26 (Londrina, PR, Brazil † 89)