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Metropolitan see Londrina, Brazil

Archdiocese of Londrina

Londrinen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Londrina is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná state, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1956 and elevated to archdiocese in 1970. Its metropolitan archbishop is Geremias Steinmetz, and its province includes the suffragan dioceses of Apucarana, Cornélio Procópio, and Jacarezinho.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus, in Londrina, Brazil.

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Established
1956
Catholics
542,000
Priests
149
Territory
6,594 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Geremias Steinmetz
Born
26 February 1965
Birthplace
Sulina

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The cathedral

Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Londrina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A Latin Church archdiocese in Paraná state, southern Brazil, Londrina (Latin: Archidioecesis Londrinensis) has as its cathedral the Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the archiepiscopal see of Londrina.

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