Archdiocese of Curitiba
Curitiben(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Curitiba, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Curitiba is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Parana, southern Brazil, established as a diocese in 1892 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1926. Its metropolitan see is the Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Light in Curitiba, headed by Archbishop Jose Antonio Peruzzo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 April 1892
- Latin
- Curitiben(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Light
- Annuario code
- 001001253
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,750,400
- Population
- 2,262,347
- Catholic share
- 77.4%
- Priests
- 466
- Catholics per priest
- 3,756
- Extent
- 5,528 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 317
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
- Jose Antonio Peruzzo
- Born
- 19 April 1960
- Birthplace
- Cascavel
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 Basilica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais stands in Curitiba, 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 Curitiba
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ParanaguáParanaguá
- Diocese of Ponta GrossaPonta Grossa
- Diocese of São José dos PinhaisSão José dos Pinhais
- Diocese of União da VitóriaUnião da Vitória
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba (Latin: Archidioecesis Curitibensis) is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in Paraná, southern Brazil. Its archiepiscopal cathedral, a Minor Basilica in Curitiba, is the Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais, dedicated to Our Lady of the Candles. A separate Diocese of Curitiba, with its own Bishop of Curitiba, also exists in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.
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].