Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba, Brazil

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2015.01.07 – ...):	Archbishop José Antônio Peruzzo (62)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.12.07 – ...):	Bishop Reginei José Modolo (48) Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Curitiba (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Antônio Peruzzo (62)
(2015.01.07 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil)

Fazei discípulos, Ensinai

Born:	1960.04.19 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1985.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.11.23

Bishop of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Brazil) (2005.08.24 – 2015.01.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2015.01.07 – ...)

Archbishop Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S.
(2004.05.19 – 2014.06.26)

Um só coração

Born:	1940.11.30 (Piracicaba, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.01.03
Died:	2014.06.26 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Sita (1987.11.12 – 2002.05.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1987.11.12 – 2002.05.15)

Bishop of Piracicaba (Brazil) (2002.05.15 – 2004.05.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2004.05.19 – 2014.06.26)

Archbishop Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (96)
(1970.12.28 – 2004.05.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Curitiba (Brazil)

Veritatem in Caritate

Born:	1926.08.11 (Rondinha, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.08.28

Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus (1966.05.30 – 1970.12.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1966.05.30 – 1970.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1970.12.28 – 2004.05.19)

Archbishop Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux
(1950.08.19 – 1970.02.06)

Caritas Christi urget

Born:	1904.02.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1931.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1940.03.31
Died:	1970.02.06 († 65)

Titular Bishop of Barca (1940.01.10 – 1946.02.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1940.01.10 – 1946.02.22)

Bishop of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1946.02.22 – 1950.08.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) (1950.08.19 – 1951)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1950.08.19 – 1970.02.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil) (1962.07.21 – 1963.01.07)

Archbishop Ático Eusébio da Rocha
(1935.12.16 – 1950.04.11)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1882.03.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1905.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.04.15
Died:	1950.04.11 († 68)

Bishop of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1922.10.27 – 1928.12.17)

Bishop of Cafelândia (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1935.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – 1950.04.11)

Archbishop João Francisco Braga
(1926.05.10 – 1935.06.22)

Amore et fortitudine

Born:	1868.08.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1900.04.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.08.24
Died:	1937.10.13 († 69)

Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1902.04.09 – 1907.10.27)

Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1907.10.27 – 1926.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1926.05.10 – 1935.06.22)

Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis (1935.06.22 – 1937.10.13)

Bishops of Curitiba (Roman Rite)

Bishop João Francisco Braga (later Archbishop)
(1907.10.27 – 1926.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (later Archbishop)
(1904.05.10 – 1906.12.18)

Ipse firmitas et auctoritas mea

Born:	1867.04.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1892.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.05.22
Died:	1938.11.13 († 71)

Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1904.05.10 – 1906.12.18)

Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1906.12.18 – 1908.06.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1908.06.07 – 1938.11.13)

Bishop José de Camargo Barros
(1894.01.16 – 1903.11.09)

Venio in nomine Domini

Born:	1858.04.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1883.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.06.24
Died:	1906.08.04 († 48)

Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1894.01.16 – 1903.11.09)

Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1903.11.09 – 1906.08.04)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Cota de Oliveira (53) (2017.06.07 – 2020.06.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Amilton Manoel da Silva, C.P. (60) (2017.06.07 – 2020.05.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Mário Scalon Angonese (62) (2013.02.20 – 2017.05.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael Biernaski (67) (2010.02.10 – 2015.06.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop João Carlos Seneme, C.S.S. (64) (2007.10.17 – 2013.06.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dirceu Vegini (2006.03.15 – 2010.10.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sérgio Arthur Braschi (74) (1998.02.18 – 2003.07.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Moacyr José Vitti, C.S.S. (later Archbishop) (1987.11.12 – 2002.05.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M. (1979.04.19 – 2006.12.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. (1975.06.27 – 1979.04.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Albano Bortoletto Cavallin (later Archbishop) (1973.06.14 – 1986.10.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Antônio Marchetti Fedalto (96) (later Archbishop) (1966.05.30 – 1970.12.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jerônimo Mazzarotto (1957.04.29 – 1970.05.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1954 – 1955)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Inácio Krause (葛樂才), C.M. (1950 – 1963)

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Statistics

Area: 5,571 km²

Population: 1,727,670 Catholics (64.6% of 2,675,370 total) (2020)

Statistics: 143 parishes, 523 missions, 621 priests (210 diocesan, 411 religious), 136 deacons, 1,466 lay religious (596 brothers, 870 sisters), 24 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Luz (September 8)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 6 (1909)

History

1892.04.27: Established as Diocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Paulo and became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
1908.03.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Santa Catarina
1926.05.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Jacarezinho, Ponta Grossa and Foz do Iguaçu and lost territory to establish Diocese of Jacarezinho, Diocese of Ponta Grossa and Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu)
1933.12.09: Gained suffragan see Palmas
1956.02.01: Gained suffragan sees Londrina and Maringá
1959.06.20: Lost suffragan see Foz do Iguaçu and gained suffragan sees Campo Mourão and Toledo
1962.07.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Paranaguá and gained suffragan see Paranaguá
1964.11.28: Gained suffragan see Apucarana
1965.12.16: Gained suffragan see Guarapuava
1968.01.20: Gained suffragan see Paranavaí
1970.10.31: Lost suffragan sees Apucarana, Campo Mourão, Jacarezinho, Londrina, Maringá and Paranavaí
1971.11.29: Gained suffragan see São João Batista em Curitiba
1976.12.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of União da Vitória and gained suffragan see União da Vitória
1978.05.05: Gained suffragan sees Cascavel and Foz do Iguaçu
1979.10.16: Lost suffragan sees Cascavel, Foz do Iguaçu, Palmas and Toledo
2006.12.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of São José dos Pinhais and gained suffragan see São José dos Pinhais
2014.05.12: Lost suffragan see São João Batista em Curitiba

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1980.07)