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Diocese of Paranaguá
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The Diocese of Paranagua is a Latin Rite diocese in Parana, Brazil, erected in 1962 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Curitiba. The see has been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Edmar Peron in 2025, with Bruno Elizeu Versari serving as apostolic administrator.
- Apostolic Administrator
- Paulo Alves Romão
- Latin name
- Paranaguen(sis)
- Erected
- 21 July 1962
- Cathedral
- Catedral de Nossa Senhora do Santissimo Rosario
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Curitiba (Archdiocese of Curitiba)
- Catholics
- 263,830
- Chancery
- Cúria Diocesana, C.P. 531, 83203-970 Paranaguá
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- São José dos Pinhais 68 km
- Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba 76 km
- Diocese of Curitiba 76 km
- Diocese of Joinville 91 km
- Diocese of Registro 136 km
- Diocese of Blumenau 162 km
Parishes near the see
- Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes · Ilha dos Valadares 2 km
- São João Batista · Paranaguá 3 km
- São Pedro e São Paulo · Pontal do Paraná 15 km
- São Francisco de Assis · Praia de Leste 18 km
- São Pedro Apóstolo · Matinhos 21 km
- Santo Antônio · Antonina 22 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002542 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08