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Suffragan diocese Apucarana, Brazil

Diocese of Apucarana

Apucaranen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Apucarana is a Latin Church diocese in Paraná state, Brazil, erected on November 28, 1964. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Londrina, and its cathedral was raised to a minor basilica in 2024.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nossa Senhora de Lourdes, in Apucarana, Brazil.

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Established
1964
Catholics
383,000
Priests
84
Territory
8,655 km²

Parishes and churches

58 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Carlos José de Oliveira
Born
17 October 1967
Birthplace
Botucatu

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The cathedral

Catedral Nossa Senhora de Lourdes stands in Apucarana, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Londrina, the city of Apucarana gives its seat to this diocese, Dioecesis Apucaranensis in Latin.

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