Diocese of Ponta Grossa
de Ponta Grossa
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ponta Grossa, Brazil
The Diocese of Ponta Grossa in Parana was created on May 10, 1926, by Pope Pius XI from territory of the Diocese of Curitiba. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, its bishop is Bruno Elizeu Versari, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 May 1926
- Latin
- de Ponta Grossa
- Patron
- Our Lady Mother of Divine Grace
- Annuario code
- 001002623
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 671,000
- Population
- 643,339
- Priests
- 133
- Catholics per priest
- 5,045
- Extent
- 23,462 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 29
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
- Bruno Elizeu Versari
- Born
- 30 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Cândido Mota
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 Sant'Ana stands in Ponta Grossa, 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 Curitiba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Curitiba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CuritibaCuritiba
- Diocese of ParanaguáParanaguá
- Diocese of São José dos PinhaisSão José dos Pinhais
- Diocese of União da VitóriaUnião da Vitória
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].