Suffragan diocese Ji-Paraná, Brazil
Diocese of Ji-Paraná
Giparanen(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- São João BoscoJi-Paraná · CathedralView parish
- Bom Jesus dos MigrantesMirante da SerraView parish
- Cristo RessuscitadoAlvorada d’OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaRolim de MouraView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaEspigão do OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraVilhenaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AnunciaçãoGovernador Jorge TeixeiraView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GuiaVale do ParaísoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PenhaAlta Floresta d’OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasVilhenaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaOuro Preto do OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaJi-ParanáView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaCacoalView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusMinistro AndreazzaView parish
- Santa LuziaSanta Luzia d’OesteView parish
- São JoséJi-ParanáView parish
- São João BatistaPresidente MédiciView parish
- São João BatistaJaruView parish
- São João BatistaUrupáView parish
- São Judas TadeuCacoalView parish
- São SebastiãoJi-ParanáView parish
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.