Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cascavel

24°57′49″S 53°27′24″W / 24.96361°S 53.45667°W / -24.96361; -53.45667StatisticsArea8,103 km² (3,129 sq mi)Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2006)
390,000
292,000 (74.9%)InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished5 May 1978 (46 years ago)CathedralOur Lady of Apparition Cathedral in CascavelCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopDom. José Mário Scalon Angonese^[1]Metropolitan ArchbishopDom. José Mário Scalon Angonese^[2]Auxiliary BishopsAparecido Donizete de SouzaBishops emeritusDom. Adelar BaruffiWebsitewww.arquicascavel.org.br

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Cascavellensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cascavel in Brazil.

History

The Diocese of Cascavel was founded on May 5, 1978 from territory of the Diocese of Toledo. On October 16, 1979, Cascavel was promoted to the status of Metropolitan Archdiocese.^{[citation needed]}

Leadership

• Bishops of Cascavel
  • Armando Círio, O.S.I. (later Archbishop) (1978.05.05 – 1979.10.16)
• Archbishops of Cascavel
  • Armando Círio, O.S.I. (1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27)
  • Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner (1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)
  • Mauro Aparecido dos Santos (2007.10.31 – 2021.03.11)
  • Adelar Baruffi (2021.09.22 – 2024.02.12)^[3]
  • Dom. José Mário Scalon Angonese (02.05.2024 - ...)^[4][5]
• Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
  • José Antônio Peruzzo, appointed Bishop of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão, Parana in 2005
  • Nélio Domingos Zortea, appointed Bishop of Jataí, Goias in 2015

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu
• Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
• Diocese of Toledo

References

External links

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website