Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba

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Saint John the Baptist in Curitiba is the Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine rite) metropolitan archeparchy for Brazil, seated in Curitiba, Parana. Erected as an apostolic exarchate in 1962 and raised to a metropolitan archeparchy on 29 November 1971, it is not a Latin Rite see; its sole suffragan is the Eparchy of Prudentopolis. The current archeparch is Volodymyr (Valdomiro) Koubetch, O.S.B.M.

Archbishop
Valdomiro Koubetch
Latin name
Sancti Ioannis Baptistae Curitiben(sis)
Established
1962 (archdiocese 1971)
Cathedral
Ukrainian Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist (Catedral Ucraniana Sao Joao Batista)
Patron
Saint John the Baptist (Sao Joao Batista)
Rank
Metropoli Orientali
Rite
Latin
Province
Sao Joao Batista em Curitiba
Catholics
162,000
Chancery
Cúria Eparquial, Rua Maranhão 1200, Bairro Água Verde, 80610-000 Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Telephone
Tel. [041]3057-0670

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002989 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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