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Diocese of Campo Mourão

Dioecesis Campi Moranensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 20 June 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Maringá
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Parana
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 11,924 (4,605 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 2
  • Mailing Address: Rua Harrison Jose Borges 811, 87300-380 Campo Mourao, PR, Brazil
  • Telephone: (044)3525-1824

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
20 June 1959ErectedTerritorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassú) (suppressed) (Campo Mourâo, Araruna, Cianorte, Cruzeiro d'Oeste, Engenheiro Beltrâo, Goioerê, Jussará, Manuel Ribas, Peabirú, Pitanga, Rondón, and Terra Boa) Diocese of Campo Mourão (erected)
28 November 1964Territory LostDiocese of Campo Mourão (Ivaiporáo)
Diocese of Londrina (Apucarana, Arapongas, Araruva, Astorga, Borrazópolis, Cafeara, California, Cambira, Colorado, Faxinal, Florida, Guaraci, Iguarassu, Itaguagé, Lobato, Munhoz de Mello, Nossa Senhora das Graças, Sabaudia, Santa Fé, Santa Ines, and Santo Inácio)
Diocese of Apucarana (erected)
16 December 1965Territory LostDiocese of Campo Mourão (Manoel Ribas, Pitanga, and Palmital)
Diocese of Ponta Grossa (Càndido de Abreu, Cruz Macbado, Guarapuava, Inácio Martins, Pinhao, and Prudentópolis)
Diocese of Toledo (Laranjeiras do Sul)
Diocese of Guarapuava (erected)
31 October 1970Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Campo Mourão (from Curitiba)
26 May 1973Territory LostDiocese of Campo Mourão (Altönia, Alto Piriquí, Cianorte, Cidade Gaucha, Cruzeiro de Oeste, Guaporema, Icaraíma, Indianópolis, Iporá, Japurá, Maria Helena, Nova Olimpia, Pérola, Rondón, Sao Tomé , Tapejara, Tapira, Tunéiras de Oeste, Umuarama, and Xanbrê) Diocese of Umuarama (erected)
16 October 1979Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Campo Mourão (from Londrina to Maringá)
Diocese of Paranavaí (from Londrina to Maringá)
Diocese of Umuarama (from Londrina to Maringá)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1959250,000.0%71118015ap1960
1966900,0001,050,00085.7%181850,0003012030ap1967
19701,550,000.0%1350630225929ap1971
1976630,000700,00090.0%8263418,529264723ap1977
1980500,000550,00090.9%11314211,904345525ap1981
1990361,000447,00080.8%2722497,3675263733ap1991
1999471,000522,00090.2%30164610,2397326038ap2000
2000281,449351,81280.0%3213456,2547145938ap2001
2001285,616357,02080.0%3415495,8287195738ap2002
2002281,449357,02078.8%3116475,9887205538ap2003
2003285,852357,02080.1%3314476,0817224843ap2004
2004292,012356,24482.0%3314476,2136355438ap2005
2006292,012356,24482.0%4514594,9496286138ap2007
2013320,000389,00082.3%4910595,4235225538ap2014
2016328,800398,00082.6%558635,21920216940ap2017
2019336,740407,62082.6%596655,18020427341ap2020
2021346,876349,14599.4%608685,10120327441ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 897, to Page 899
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 63, Page 257, and Page 258
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,501, and Page 1,502

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