Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Londrina

The Archdiocese of Londrina (Latin: Archidioecesis Londrinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Paraná state, southern Brazil.

Archdiocese of Londrina

Archidioecesis Londrinensis
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceLondrina
Statistics
Area6,594 km2 (2,546 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
900,000
658,800 (73.2%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1 February 1956 (67 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopGeremias Steinmetz
Website
http://arquidioceselondrina.com.br/

Its cathedral is Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the archiepiscopal see of Londrina.

History

  • February 1, 1956: Established as Diocese of Londrina on territory split off from the Diocese of Jacarezinho
  • Lost territory on 1964.11.28 to establish Diocese of Apucarana, now its suffragan
  • October 31, 1970: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Londrina

Ecclesiastical province

The Metropolitan has the following Suffragan sees :

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 728,000 Catholics (73.4% of 992,000 total) on 6,714 km² in 76 parishes and 245 missions with 146 priests (75 diocesan, 71 religious), 59 deacons, 383 lay religious (145 brothers, 238 sisters) and 8 seminarians.

Ordinaries

Suffragan Bishop of Londrina
  • Geraldo Fernandes Bijos, Claretians (C.M.F.) (16 November 1956 – 31 October 1970 see below)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Londrina

See also

Sources

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