Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho

Diocese of Jacarezinho Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião in 2016
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Londrina
Statistics
Area	13,369 km2 (5,162 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 437,000 380,000 (87.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 May 1926 (98 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Antônio Braz Benevente
Metropolitan Archbishop	Geremias Steinmetz
Bishops emeritus	Fernando José Penteado

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho (Latin: Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis) is a diocese in the city of Jacarezinho in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.

History

• May 10, 1926: Established as Diocese of Jacarezinho from the Diocese of Curitiba

Bishops

• Bishops of Jacarezinho (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente (7 September 2010 – present)
  • Bishop Fernando José Penteado (5 July 2000 – 23 June 2010)
  • Bishop Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (10 August 1991 – 5 July 2000)
  • Bishop Pedro Filipak (8 February 1962 – 10 August 1991)
  • Bishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (later Archbishop) (29 October 1946 – 20 December 1960), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
  • Bishop Ernesto de Paula (22 November 1941 – 30 June 1945), appointed Bishop of Piracicaba, São Paulo
  • Bishop Fernando Taddei, C.M. (22 April 1927 – 9 January 1940)

Coadjutor bishop

• Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (1984-1991)

Auxiliary bishop

• Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † (1977-1984), appointed Coadjutor here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Mauro Aparecido dos Santos, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 1998
• Elizeu de Morais Pimentel, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana in 2001
• Mário Antônio da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2010

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy