Diocese of Apucarana

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Apucarana () is a diocese located in the city of Apucarana in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.

History

• November 28, 1964: Established as Diocese of Apucarana from the Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Londrina
• March 4, 2024: Pope Francis declares Our Lady of Lourdes as the patroness of the Diocese of Apucarana through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
• October 30, 2024: Pope Francis formally affixes his signature on a document conferring the diginity of Minor basilica to the diocese's Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Bishops

• Bishops of Apucarana (Latin Rite)
• Romeu Alberti (1965.02.22 – 1982.06.03), appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
• Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. (1983.05.17 – 2005.02.02)
• Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. (2005.02.02 – 2009.07.08)
• Celso Antonio Marchiori (2009.07.08 - 2017.12.13), appointed Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana
• Carlos José de Oliveira (12.12.2018–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• João Braz de Aviz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo in 1994; future Cardinal
• Dirceu Vegini, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana in 2006

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy