Suffragan diocese Umuarama, Brazil
Diocese of Umuarama
Umuaramen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Umuarama is a Latin Church diocese in Parana, Brazil, erected on 26 May 1973 from the Diocese of Campo Mourao. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Maringa.
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- Established
- 1973
- Catholics
- 325,950
- Priests
- 81
- Territory
- 13,200 km²
Parishes and churches
43 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Divino Espírito SantoUmuarama · CathedralView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoSão Jorge do PatrocínioView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaDouradinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaFrancisco AlvesView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaIcaraímaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaTapejaraView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaUmuaramaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasMaria HelenaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasTuneiras do OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaAlto ParaísoView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaCruzeiro do OesteView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaPérolaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoXambrêView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RocioSão Manoel do ParanáView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Rocio e São SebastiãoTapiraView parish
- RessurreiçãoIporãView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaCianorteView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusBrasilândia do SulView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusCianorteView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusSanta ElizaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusUmuaramaView parish
- Santa Clara de AssisUmuaramaView parish
- Santa LuziaUmuaramaView parish
- Santa Maria Goretti e São José OperárioCidade GaúchaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaCianorteView parish
- Santo AntônioEsperança NovaView parish
- Santo AntônioIndianópolisView parish
- Santo ExpeditoUmuaramaView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusNova OlímpiaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisUmuaramaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- João Mamede Filho
- Born
- 21 August 1951
- Birthplace
- Caçapava
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CONVENTUALI
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The cathedral
Catedral Divino Espírito Santo stands in Umuarama, 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
Seated in the city of Umuarama, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Umuaramensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Maringá in Brazil.
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Pope Leo XIV names Silvio Pereira de Castro as new auxiliary bishop of São Miguel Paulista
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Silvio Pereira de Castro as the new auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of São Miguel Paulista in Brazil. The appointment, which fulfills a request from Bishop Algacir Munhak for pastoral assistance, also assigns de Castro the titular see of Mauriana. A member of the local clergy, de Castro has served as the rector of the diocesan seminary since 2010. He was ordained a priest on February 18, 2006, and has held several roles within the diocese, including cathedral vicar, diocesan bursar from 2012 to 2025, and parish vicar for the São Benedito pastoral area. Born in Cianorte, he studied philosophy in São Paulo and theology at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology Nossa Senhora da Assunção. His episcopal ordination is scheduled for December 19 at the diocesan cathedral. De Castro indicated that his motto will be "With Mary to serve."
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