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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Cascavel

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Cascavel / Cascavellen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Foz do Iguaçu, Palmas–Francisco Beltrão, Toledo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (40)

Foz do Iguaçu (↙), Toledo (↖), Campo Mourão (↗), Guarapuava (→), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↘)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.09.22 – ...):Archbishop Adelar Baruffi (53)Archbishop Adelar Baruffi (53)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.06.22 – ...):Bishop Aparecido Donizete de Souza (59)Bishop Aparecido Donizete de Souza (59)

Titular Bishop of Macriana minor

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cascavel (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Adelar Baruffi (53)Archbishop Adelar Baruffi (53)
(2021.09.22 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Servo de Jesus Cristo

Born:1969.10.19 (Garibaldi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1995.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:2015.03.07

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1995.01.12 – 2014.12.17)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2014.12.17 – 2021.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (2021.09.22 – ...)

Archbishop Mauro Aparecido dos Santos
(2007.10.31 – 2021.03.11)

Veni et Sequere Me

Born:1954.11.09 (Fartura, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1984.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:1998.08.14
Died:2021.03.11 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil † 66)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 1999.02.21)

Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil) (1999.02.21 – 2007.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (2007.10.31 – 2021.03.11)

Archbishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner
(1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)

Ut Vitam Habeant

Born:1931.09.02 (Nova Milano, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1957.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:1983.10.12
Died:2023.04.01 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil † 91)

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1957.12.01 – 1983.07.02)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1983.07.02 – 1995.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)

Archbishop Armando Círio, O.S.J.
(1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27)

Ardere et illuminare

Born:1916.04.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1940.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1960.08.28
Died:2014.08.11 († 98)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1960.05.14 – 1978.05.05)

Bishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 1979.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27)

Bishops of Cascavel (Roman Rite)

Bishop Armando Círio, O.S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1978.05.05 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 8,042 km²

Population: 353,826 Catholics (75.0% of 471,769 total) (2021)

Statistics: 39 parishes, 347 missions, 66 priests (35 diocesan, 31 religious), 1 deacon, 186 religious (76 brothers, 110 sisters), 24 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (October 12)

History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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