Roman Catholic Diocese of União da Vitória
Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Brazil
Diocese of União da Vitória Dioecesis Unionensis a Victoria Diocese de União da Vitória | |
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![]() Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in União da Vitória in 2020 | |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Curitiba |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,009 km2 (3,864 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 216,328 183,879 (85%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 3 December 1976 (47 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in União da Vitória |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Walter Jorge Pinto |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Antônio Peruzzo |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of União da Vitória (Latin: Dioecesis Unionensis a Victoria) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is União da Vitória. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdicoese Curitiba.
History
- December 3, 1976: Established as Diocese of União da Vitória from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba, Diocese of Guarapuava and Diocese of Ponta Grossa
Leadership
- Bishops of União da Vitória
- Bishop Walter Jorge Pinto (2019.03.30 -
- Bishop Agenor Girardi, M.S.C. (2015.05.06 – 2018.02.08)
- Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (2007.01.03 – 2014.04.16)
- Bishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. (1976.12.03 – 2007.01.03)
References
- GCatholic.org
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