Archdiocese of Cascavel
Cascavellen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cascavel, Brazil
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel in Paraná, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1978 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1979. It is the metropolitan see for the dioceses of Foz do Iguaçu, Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, and Toledo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 May 1978
- Latin
- Cascavellen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida)
- Annuario code
- 001001071
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 292,000
- Population
- 390,000
- Catholic share
- 74.9%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 4,563
- Extent
- 8,103 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- José Mário Scalon Angonese
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Cascavel, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cascavel
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Foz do IguaçuFoz do Iguaçu
- Diocese of GuarapuavaGuarapuava
- Diocese of Palmas–Francisco BeltrãoPalmas–Francisco Beltrão
- Diocese of ToledoToledo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Cascavel, a city in Brazil, is the seat of a Latin Church archdiocese that bears the Latin title Archidioecesis Cascavellensis.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].