Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba (Latin: Archidioecesis Curitibensis) is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná, southern Brazil.

There is also a Diocese of Curitiba (and a Bishop of Curitiba) in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.
Archdiocese of Curitiba

Archidioecesis Curitibensis

Arquidiocese de Curitiba
Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Light of Pinhais
Coat of arms
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceCuritiba
Statistics
Area5,528 km2 (2,134 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
2,262,347
1,480,046 (65.4%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established27 April 1892 (128 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Light in Curitiba
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Antônio Peruzzo
Bishops emeritusPedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto Archbishop Emeritus
Website
arquidiocesedecuritiba.org.br/mitranovo/

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais, dedicated to Our Lady of the Candles, in Curitiba.

History

  • April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Paulo (now Metropolitan)
  • Lost territory on 1908.03.19 to establish the Diocese of Santa Catarina
  • Promoted on May 10, 1926 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin), having lost territories to establish Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu, Diocese of Jacarezinho and Diocese of Ponta Grossa (as a suffragan)
  • Lost territories repeatedly to establish three more suffragan sees : on 1962.07.21 Diocese of Paranaguá, on 1976.12.03 Diocese of União da Vitória and on 2006.12.06 Diocese of São José dos Pinhais
  • It enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II in July 1980.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,835,000 Catholics (71.6% of 2,562,464 total) on 5,751 km² in 135 parishes and 572 missions with 407 priests (100 diocesan, 307 religious), 70 deacons, 1,527 lay religious (614 brothers, 913 sisters) and 33 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan has the following suffragan sees :

Episcopal ordinaries, along with auxiliary bishops

(all Roman rite)

Under each Ordinary is listed the auxiliary bishops whose tenure as such began during the tenure of such Ordinary.

Suffragan Bishops of Curitiba
  • José de Camargo Barros (1894.01.16 – 1903.11.09), next Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1903.11.09 – death 1906.08.04)
  • Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, (1904.05.10 – 1906.12.18), next last Suffragan Bishop of (his native) São Paulo, (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1908.06.07 – death 1938.11.13)
  • João Francisco Braga (later Archbishop) (1907.10.27 – 1926.05.10 see below), previously Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1902.04.09 – 1907.10.27)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Curitiba
  • João Francisco Braga (see above 1926.05.10 – 1935.06.22), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis (1935.06.22 – death 1937.10.13)
  • Ático Eusébio da Rocha (1935.12.16 – death 1950.04.11), previously Bishop of Santa Maria(Brazil) (1922.10.27 – 1928.12.17), Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1935.12.16)
BIOs TO ELABORATE
  • Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux (1950.08.19 – 1970.02.06)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M. (1950 – 1963)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1954 – 1955), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Taubaté, Sao Paulo
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Jerônimo Mazzarotto (1957.04.29 – 1970.05.08)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (1966.05.30 – 1970.12.28), appointed Archbishop here
  • Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (1970.12.28 – 2004.05.19)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Albano Bortoletto Cavallin (later Archbishop) (1973.06.14 – 1986.10.24), appointed Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. (1975.06.27 – 1979.04.19), appointed Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. (1979.04.19 – 2006.12.06), appointed Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Sérgio Arthur Braschi (1998.02.18 – 2003.07.16), appointed Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana
  • Moacyr José Vitti, Stigmatines (C.S.S.) (2004.05.19 – 2014.06.26)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Dirceu Vegini (2006.03.15 – 2010.10.20), appointed Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana
    • Auxiliary Bishop: João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. (2007.10.17 – 2013.06.26), appointed Bishop of Toledo, Parana
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Rafael Biernaski (2010.02.10 – 2015.06.24), appointed Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina
    • Auxiliary Bishop: José Mário Scalon Angonese (2013.02.20 – 2017.05.31), appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul
  • José Antônio Peruzzo (2015.01.07 – ...), previously Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil) (2005.08.24 – 2015.01.07)
    • Auxiliary Bishop : Francisco Cota de Oliveira (2017.06.07 – 2020.06.10), Titular Bishop of Fiorentino (2017.06.07 – 2020.06.10), appointed Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. (2017.06.07 – 2020.05.06), Titular Bishop of Tusuros (2017.06.07 – 2020.05.06), appointed Bishop of Guarapuava

See also

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