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Suffragan diocese São José dos Pinhais, Brazil

Diocese of São José dos Pinhais

Sancti Ioseph Pinealen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in Parana state, southern Brazil. Erected 6 December 2006 from territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Catedral de Sao Jose in Sao Jose dos Pinhais.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral de Sao Jose, in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil.

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Established
2006
Catholics
667,752
Priests
76
Territory
7,172 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Celso Antonio Marchiori
Born
14 August 1958
Birthplace
Campo Largo

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The cathedral

Catedral de Sao Jose stands in São José dos Pinhais, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil, São José dos Pinhais (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi Pinealensis) belongs as a suffragan to the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba. In the city of São José dos Pinhais, in the state of Paraná, stands its cathedral, the Catedral de São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph.