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Diocese of

Foz do Iguaçu

Brazil Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Cascavel

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History

  • 1926.05.10: Established as Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu / Iguassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Curitiba)
  • 1959.06.20: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Toledo)
  • 1978.05.05: Restored as Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu / Iguassuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Toledo)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Foz do Iguaçu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. (76)Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. (76)
(1982.02.12 – ...)

Omnia propter electos

Born:1934.07.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1959.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:1982.04.18

Coadjutor Bishop of Bagé (Brazil) (1982.02.04 – 1982.02.12)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1982.02.12 – ...)

Bishop Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D.
(1978.05.05 – 2001.11.28)

Born:1925.06.25 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1955.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:1978.08.12
Died:2008.12.25 († 83)

Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 2001.11.28)

Prelates of Foz do Iguaçu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manoel Könner, S.V.D.
(1947.12.13 – 1959.06.20)

Born:1885.08.15 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:1910.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:1948.03.19
Died:1968.12.09 († 83)

Apostolic Administrator of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1940.02.17 – 1947.12.13)

Bishop-Prelate of Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) (1947.12.13 – 1959.06.20)

Titular Bishop of Modra (1947.12.13 – 1968.12.09)

Fr. Manoel Könner, S.V.D. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1940.02.17 – 1947.12.13)


as of 2010.08.24

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