Metropolitan Archdiocese of São João Batista em Curitiba, Brazil (Ukrainian Rite)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.05.12 – ...):

Archbishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (70)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Rite)

Archbishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (70)
(2014.05.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil)

Born:	1953.03.27 (Mandaguaçu, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.03.21

Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (2003.12.10 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (2006.12.13 – 2014.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (2014.05.12 – ...)

Bishops of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (70) (later Archbishop)
(2006.12.13 – 2014.05.12)

(see above)

Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M.
(1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)

A Caridade jamais acabará

Born:	1928.12.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.02.13
Died:	2012.04.03 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Caffa (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1978.03.10 – 2006.12.13)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M.
(1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Born:	1903.02.07 (Ukraine)
Ordained Priest:	1928.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.08.15
Died:	1989.02.23 († 86)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1958.05.10 – 1962.05.30)

Titular Bishop of Soldaia (1958.05.10 – 1971.11.29)

Apostolic Exarch of Brazil of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29)

Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba of the Ukrainians (Brazil) (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)

Apostolic Exarchs of Brazil (Ukrainian Rite)

Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M.
(1962.05.30 – 1971.11.29)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Volodemer Koubetch (Valdomiro), O.S.B.M. (70) (later Archbishop) (2003.12.10 – 2006.12.13)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Efraím Basílio Krevey, O.S.B.M. (1971.11.29 – 1978.03.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Kozelinski Netto (71) (2007.06.20 – 2011.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. (61) (2005.12.21 – 2014.05.12)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Population: 90,600 Catholics (2021)

Statistics: 17 parishes, 40 priests (18 diocesan, 22 religious), 3 deacons, 160 religious (31 brothers, 129 sisters), 7 seminarians (2021)

History

1962.05.30: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Brazil / Brasiliæ (Latin) (from Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil)
1971.11.29: Promoted as Diocese of São João Batista em Curitiba (Português) / Saint John the Baptist in Curitiba (English) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ Curitiben(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (became suffragan of Curitiba)
2014.05.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São João Batista em Curitiba (Português) / Saint John the Baptist in Curitiba (English) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ Curitiben(sis) Ucrainorum (Latin) (with suffragan see Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis and lost territory to establish Diocese of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis)

Ukrainian Metropolitan Archdiocese of

São João Batista em Curitiba

Brazil