Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Mourão

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Rite Latin Rite Pope Francis Country Brazil		Cathedral Catedral São José Area 12,544 km²

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)356,244292,012 (82.0%) Established 20 June 19579 (57 years ago) Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Mourão (Latin: Dioecesis Campi Moranensis) is a diocese located in the city of Campo Mourão in the Ecclesiastical province of Maringá in Brazil.

History

20 June 1959: Established as Diocese of Campo Mourão from the Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu

Bishops of Campo Mourão (Roman rite)

Elizeu Simões Mendes † (17 October 1959 - 3 December 1980) Resigned

Virgílio de Pauli † (8 May 1981 - 21 February 1999) Died

Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (21 February 1999 - 31 October 2007) appointed, Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana

Francisco Javier Del Valle Paredes (24 December 2008 - present)

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