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Diocese of Umuarama

Dioecesis Umuaramensis



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Bishop(s)

  • João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop
  • José Maria Maimone, S.A.C., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 26 May 1973
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Maringá
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Parana
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 13,664 (5,277 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 2
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedeumuarama.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Av. Padre Jose Germano Neto Junior 4260, 87503-650 Umuarama, PR, Brazil
  • Telephone: (044)3622-1301

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
26 May 1973ErectedDiocese 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
1976540,000635,00085.0%9415010,800413929ap1977
1980849,000951,00089.3%6404618,456404933ap1981
1990400,000503,20079.5%2027478,510277335ap1991
1999275,637347,51579.3%3123545,104235837ap2000
2000276,000367,50075.1%2924535,207305737ap2001
2001265,000360,00073.6%3927664,015295737ap2002
2002270,000360,00075.0%4118594,576205634ap2003
2003271,000365,00074.2%4216584,6726325538ap2004
2004296,014364,53681.2%3917565,2856206039ap2005
2010319,000417,00076.5%4617635,06316195241ap2011
2014335,000437,00076.7%4321645,23425223844ap2015
2017343,945447,83076.8%4718655,29124183045ap2018
2020319,300417,20076.5%5513684,69565133246ap2021
2022324,000423,00076.6%6115764,26361153647ap2023

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 65, Page 422, and Page 423
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,501, and Page 1,502

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