Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
Iguassuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
The Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu is a Latin Church diocese in western Paraná, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Cascavel. It was first erected as a territorial prelature in 1926 and restored as a diocese in 1978.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 May 1978
- Latin
- Iguassuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001001438
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 413,000
- Population
- 521,000
- Catholic share
- 79.3%
- Priests
- 54
- Catholics per priest
- 7,648
- Extent
- 6,822 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 61
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
- Bishop
- Sérgio de Deus Borges
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
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist stands in Foz do Iguaçu, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cascavel.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CascavelCascavel
- 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
The city of Foz do Iguaçu anchors this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Iguassuensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cascavel.
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].