Archdiocese of Curitiba

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba () is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná, southern Brazil.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais, dedicated to Our Lady of the Candles, in Curitiba.

History

• April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Paulo (now Metropolitan)
• Lost territory on 1908.03.19 to establish the Diocese of Santa Catarina
• Promoted on May 10, 1926, as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin), having lost territories to establish Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu, Diocese of Jacarezinho and Diocese of Ponta Grossa (as a suffragan)
• Lost territories repeatedly to establish three more suffragan sees : on 1962.07.21 Diocese of Paranaguá, on 1976.12.03 Diocese of União da Vitória and on 2006.12.06 Diocese of São José dos Pinhais
• It enjoyed a Papal visit from Pope John Paul II in July 1980.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,835,000 Catholics (71.6% of 2,562,464 total) on 5,751 km² in 135 parishes and 572 missions with 407 priests (100 diocesan, 307 religious), 70 deacons, 1,527 lay religious (614 brothers, 913 sisters) and 33 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan has the following suffragan sees :

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Guarapuava
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Paranaguá, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponta Grossa, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of São José dos Pinhais, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of União da Vitória, a daughter

Episcopal ordinaries, along with auxiliary bishops

(all Roman rite)

Under each Ordinary is listed the auxiliary bishops whose tenure as such began during the tenure of such Ordinary.

• José de Camargo Barros (1894.01.16 – 1903.11.09), next Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1903.11.09 – death 1906.08.04)
• Leopoldo Duarte e Silva, (1904.05.10 – 1906.12.18), next last Suffragan Bishop of (his native) São Paulo, (see) promoted first Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1908.06.07 – death 1938.11.13)
• João Francisco Braga (later Archbishop) (1907.10.27 – 1926.05.10 see below), previously Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1902.04.09 – 1907.10.27)

• João Francisco Braga (see above 1926.05.10 – 1935.06.22), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis (1935.06.22 – death 1937.10.13)
• Ático Eusébio da Rocha (1935.12.16 – death 1950.04.11), previously Bishop of Santa Maria(Brazil) (1922.10.27 – 1928.12.17), Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1935.12.16)

• Manoel da Silveira d’Elboux (1950.08.19 – 1970.02.06)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M. (1950 – 1963)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1954 – 1955), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo
• Auxiliary Bishop: Jerônimo Mazzarotto (1957.04.29 – 1970.05.08)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (1966.05.30 – 1970.12.28), appointed Archbishop here
• Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (1970.12.28 – 2004.05.19)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Albano Bortoletto Cavallin (later Archbishop) (1973.06.14 – 1986.10.24), appointed Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana
• Auxiliary Bishop: Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. (1975.06.27 – 1979.04.19), appointed Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana
• Auxiliary Bishop: Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. (1979.04.19 – 2006.12.06), appointed Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana
• Auxiliary Bishop: Sérgio Arthur Braschi (1998.02.18 – 2003.07.16), appointed Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana
• Moacyr José Vitti, Stigmatines (C.S.S.) (2004.05.19 – 2014.06.26)
• Auxiliary Bishop: Dirceu Vegini (2006.03.15 – 2010.10.20), appointed Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana
• Auxiliary Bishop: João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. (2007.10.17 – 2013.06.26), appointed Bishop of Toledo, Parana
• Auxiliary Bishop: Rafael Biernaski (2010.02.10 – 2015.06.24), appointed Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina
• Auxiliary Bishop: José Mário Scalon Angonese (2013.02.20 – 2017.05.31), appointed Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul
• José Antônio Peruzzo (2015.01.07 – ...), previously Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil) (2005.08.24 – 2015.01.07)
• Auxiliary Bishop : Francisco Cota de Oliveira (2017.06.07 – 2020.06.10), Titular Bishop of Fiorentino (2017.06.07 – 2020.06.10), appointed Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais
• Auxiliary Bishop: Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. (2017.06.07 – 2020.05.06), Titular Bishop of Tusuros (2017.06.07 – 2020.05.06), appointed Bishop of Guarapuava

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with Google map & satellite photo - data for all sections
• Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
• Catholic Hierarchy