Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji-Paraná
Appearance
Diocese of Ji-Paraná Dioecesis Giparanensis | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Porto Velho |
Statistics | |
Area | 120,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 709,938 480,000 (67.6%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 3 January 1978 (46 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral São João Bosco |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Roque Paloschi |
Website | |
www.diocesedejiparana.org.br |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji-Paraná (Latin: Dioecesis Giparanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ji-Paraná in the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.
History
[edit]- 3 January 1978: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia from the Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
- 19 February 1983: Promoted as Diocese of Ji-Paraná
- 23 December 1997: Lost territory, along with Diocese of Diamantino, to establish Diocese of Juína
Leadership, in the chronological order
[edit]- Prelate of Vila Rondônia (Roman Rite)
- Bishop José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. (1978.01.03 – 1982.10.04), appointed Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia
- Bishops of Ji-Paraná (Roman rite)
- Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. (1983.03.04 – 2007.04.11)
- Bishop Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. (2007.04.11 – 2019.06.05)
- Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D. (2020.12.02 – present)
References
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