Diocese of Paranavaí
Paranavaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Paranavaí, Brazil
The Diocese of Paranavai is a Latin Rite diocese in Parana, Brazil, erected in 1968 from territory of the Diocese of Maringa. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maringa and is currently led by Bishop Mario Spaki.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 January 1968
- Latin
- Paranavaien(sis)
- Patron
- Mary, Mother of the Church
- Annuario code
- 001002544
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 228,000
- Population
- 237,071
- Catholic share
- 96.2%
- Priests
- 43
- Catholics per priest
- 5,302
- Extent
- 8,699 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Mário Spaki
- Born
- 14 December 1971
- Birthplace
- Irati
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 Maria Mae da Igreja stands in Paranavaí, 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 Maringa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Maringa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MaringáMaringá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the state of Paraná, the Diocese of Paranavaí (Latin: Dioecesis Paranavaiensis) serves as a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Brazil, suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Maringá. Its episcopal see in Paranavaí holds the Catedral Maria Mãe da Igreja, dedicated to Mary Mother of the Church. Mário Spaki has been the diocese's bishop since 2018.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Rua Francisco Vieira Borges 373, Jardim América, 87705-180 Paranavaí, PR, Brasil
- Telephone
- e fax [044]3423-1045
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].