Diocese of União da Vitória
Unionen(sis) a Victoria
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · União da Vitória, Brazil
The Diocese of Uniao da Vitoria is a Latin Church diocese in Parana, Brazil, erected on 3 December 1976 from territory of the Archdiocese of Curitiba and the dioceses of Guarapuava and Ponta Grossa. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Curitiba.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 December 1976
- Latin
- Unionen(sis) a Victoria
- Patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sagrado Coração de Jesus)
- Annuario code
- 001000046
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 183,879
- Population
- 216,328
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 38
- Catholics per priest
- 4,839
- Extent
- 10,009 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in União da Vitória, 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 Ponta GrossaPonta Grossa
- Diocese of São José dos PinhaisSão José dos Pinhais
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil, União da Vitória (Latin: Dioecesis Unionensis a Victoria) has its episcopal seat in União da Vitória and stands as a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdicoese Curitiba.
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].