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Suffragan diocese Ji-Paraná, Brazil

Diocese of Ji-Paraná

Giparanen(sis)

The Diocese of Ji-Parana is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Rondonia, Brazil. Established as the Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondonia in 1978 and promoted to a diocese in 1983, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Porto Velho.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Sao Joao Bosco, in Ji-Paraná, Brazil.

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Established
1978
Catholics
480,000
Priests
51
Territory
120,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.

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The cathedral

Catedral Sao Joao Bosco stands in Ji-Paraná, 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.

History

The city of Ji-Paraná gives its name and seat to this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Giparanensis), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.