Diocese of Umuarama, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Umuarama / Umuaramen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Maringá

Neighbouring Dioceses: Naviraí (↖), Paranavaí (↗), Campo Mourão (→), Toledo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1973.05.26: Established as Diocese of Umuarama / Umuaramen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Campo Mourão and became suffragan of Londrina)
1979.10.16: Became suffragan of Maringá

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.11.24 – ...):

Bishop João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Umuarama (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. (74)
(2010.11.24 – ...)

Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil)

No Evangelho força de Deus

Born:	1951.08.21 (Caçapava, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.07.01

Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania (2006.04.26 – 2010.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (2006.04.26 – 2010.11.24)

Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil) (2010.11.24 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Maringá (Brazil) (2019.11.20 – 2020.07.01)

Bishop Vicente Costa (79)
(2002.10.09 – 2009.12.30)

Bishop emeritus of Jundiaí (Brazil)

Quodcumque dixerit vobis facite / Fazei tudo o que Ele vos disser

Born:	1947.01.01 (Birkirkara, Malta)
Ordained Priest:	1972.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.09.19

Priest of Malta (Malta) (1972.12.17 – 1998.07.01)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ flaviæ (1998.07.01 – 2002.10.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina (Brazil) (1998.07.01 – 2002.10.09)

Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil) (2002.10.09 – 2009.12.30)

Bishop of Jundiaí (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – 2022.06.15)

Bishop José Maria Maimone, S.A.C. (93)
(1973.06.12 – 2002.05.08)

Bishop emeritus of Umuarama (Brazil)

In finem dilexit eos

Born:	1932.10.06 (Astolfo Dutra, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.29

Bishop of Umuarama (Brazil) (1973.06.12 – 2002.05.08)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Frederico Heimler, S.D.B. (1998.12.09 – 2002.05.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Divino Espírito Santo, Umuarama, Paraná
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (47)

Naviraí (↖), Paranavaí (↗), Campo Mourão (→), Toledo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,664 km²

Population: 325,950 Catholics (76.6% of 425,540 total)

Pastoral Centres: 48 parishes

Personnel: 81 priests (67 diocesan, 14 religious), 62 deacons, 50 religious (14 brothers, 36 sisters), 15 seminarians