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Roman Catholic Diocese of União da Vitória

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Metropolitan
  
Curitiba

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Emeritus bishop
  
Walter Michael Ebejer

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
10,009 km²

Founded
  
1976

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 216,328 183,879 (85%)

Established
  
3 December 1976 (40 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in União da Vitória

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba

The Roman Catholic Diocese of União da Vitória (Latin: Dioecesis Unionensis a Victoria) is a diocese located in the city of União da Vitória in the Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba in Brazil.

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History

  • December 3, 1976: Established as Diocese of União da Vitória from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba, Diocese of Guarapuava and Diocese of Ponta Grossa

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of União da Vitória (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Agenor Girardi (2015.05.06 – present)
  • Bishop João Bosco Barbosa de Sousa, O.F.M. (2007.01.03 – 2014.04.16)
  • Bishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. (1976.12.03 – 2007.01.03)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of União da Vitória Wikipedia
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