Diocese of

União da Vitória

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: União da Vitória / Unionen(sis) a Victoria (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Curitiba

Neighbouring Dioceses: Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↙), Guarapuava (↖), Ponta Grossa (↑), Curitiba (↗), São José dos Pinhais (→), Joinville (→), Caçador (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Sagrado Coração de Jesus

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1976.12.03: Established as Diocese of União da Vitória / Unionen(sis) a Victoria (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba, Diocese of Guarapuava and Diocese of Ponta Grossa and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1984.02.09: Gained territory from Diocese of Palmas

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of União da Vitória (Roman Rite)

Bishop Walter Jorge Pinto (63)
(2019.01.09 – 2025.11.07)

Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)

Propter Jesum et evangelium

Born:	1963.02.12 (Ubá, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2002.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.03.30

Priest of Mariana (Brazil) (2002.06.01 – 2019.01.09)

Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil) (2019.01.09 – 2025.11.07)

Bishop of Campanha (Brazil) (2025.11.07 – ...)

Bishop Agenor Girardi, M.S.C.
(2015.05.06 – 2018.02.08)

Ametur cor Jesu

Born:	1952.02.02 (Orléans, France)
Ordained Priest:	1982.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.25
Died:	2018.02.08 (Porto União, PR, Brazil † 66)

Titular Bishop of Furnos maior (2010.12.22 – 2015.05.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (2010.12.22 – 2015.05.06)

Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil) (2015.05.06 – 2018.02.08)

Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (73)
(2007.01.03 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil)

Cristo nossa Vitória

Born:	1952.12.08 (Guaratinguetá, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.01.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.03.25

Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil) (2007.01.03 – 2014.04.16)

Bishop of Osasco (Brazil) (2014.04.16 – ...)

Bishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P.
(1976.12.03 – 2007.01.03)

Zelus Domus Comedit

Born:	1929.08.03 (Dingli, Malta)
Ordained Priest:	1954.01.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.06
Died:	2021.06.11 (União da Vitória, PR, Brazil † 91)

Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil) (1976.12.03 – 2007.01.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus, União da Vitória, Paraná
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (25)

Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↙), Guarapuava (↖), Ponta Grossa (↑), Curitiba (↗), São José dos Pinhais (→), Joinville (→), Caçador (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,000 km²

Population: 185,417 Catholics (77.7% of 238,597 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 399 missions

Personnel: 38 priests (31 diocesan, 7 religious), 11 deacons, 30 religious (11 brothers, 19 sisters), 14 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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