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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho

Diocese of Jacarezinho

Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião in 2016
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceLondrina
Statistics
Area13,369 km2 (5,162 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
437,000
380,000 (87.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established10 May 1926 (98 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAntônio Braz Benevente
Metropolitan ArchbishopGeremias Steinmetz
Bishops emeritusFernando José Penteado

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho (Latin: Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis) is a diocese in the city of Jacarezinho in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.

History

Bishops

  • Bishops of Jacarezinho (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente (7 September 2010 – present)
    • Bishop Fernando José Penteado (5 July 2000 – 23 June 2010)
    • Bishop Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (10 August 1991 – 5 July 2000)
    • Bishop Pedro Filipak (8 February 1962 – 10 August 1991)
    • Bishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (later Archbishop) (29 October 1946 – 20 December 1960), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
    • Bishop Ernesto de Paula (22 November 1941 – 30 June 1945), appointed Bishop of Piracicaba, São Paulo
    • Bishop Fernando Taddei, C.M. (22 April 1927 – 9 January 1940)

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishop

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

References