Diocese of

São José dos Pinhais

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: São José dos Pinhais / Sancti Ioseph Pinealen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Curitiba

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de São José, São José dos Pinhais, Paraná

Churches by City (41)

União da Vitória (←), Curitiba (↑), Paranaguá (→), Joinville (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.13 – ...):

Bishop Celso Antônio Marchiori (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of São José dos Pinhais (Roman Rite)

Bishop Celso Antônio Marchiori (64)
(2017.12.13 – ...)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil)

In cruce Domini

Born:	1958.08.14 (Campo Largo, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.08.28

Bishop of Apucarana (Brazil) (2009.07.08 – 2017.12.13)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2017.12.13 – ...)

Bishop Francisco Carlos Bach (68)
(2012.10.03 – 2017.04.19)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil)

Born:	1954.05.04 (Ponta Grossa, PR, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.10.27

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (2005.07.27 – 2012.10.03)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2012.10.03 – 2017.04.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Paranaguá (Brazil) (2015.04.11 – 2015.11.25)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (2017.04.19 – ...)

Bishop Ladislau Biernaski, C.M.
(2006.12.06 – 2012.02.13)

Ele é a Nossa Paz

Born:	1937.10.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2012.02.13 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Tetci (1979.04.19 – 2006.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (1979.04.19 – 2006.12.06)

Bishop of São José dos Pinhais (Brazil) (2006.12.06 – 2012.02.13)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 7,772 km²

Population: 715,000 Catholics (78.4% of 911,832 total) (2020)

Statistics: 41 parishes, 76 priests (37 diocesan, 39 religious), 41 deacons, 228 lay religious (104 brothers, 124 sisters), 29 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

History

2006.12.06: Established as Diocese of São José dos Pinhais / Sancti Ioseph Pinealen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba)

Last updated on 2023.01.27

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