Roman Catholic Diocese of São José dos Pinhais explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
São José dos Pinhais
Latin:Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi Pinealensis
Local:Diocese de São José dos Pinhais
Country:Brazil
Province:Curitiba
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:6 December 2006 (years ago)
Cathedral:Cathedral of St Joseph in São José dos Pinhais
Area Km2:7,172
Population:725,000
Population As Of:2010
Catholics:517,000
Catholics Percent:71.3
Website:www.diocesesjp.org.br

The Diocese of São José dos Pinhais (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi Pinealensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba.

Its cathedral is Catedral de São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in the city of São José dos Pinhais in Paraná state.

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 667,752 Catholics (79.9% of 835,575 total) on 7,186 km² in 38 parishes with 75 priests (34 diocesan, 41 religious), 45 deacons, 190 lay religious (85 brothers, 105 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

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