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Diocese of Paranaguá, Brazil 🇧🇷

1962.07.21: Established as Diocese of Paranaguá / Paranaguen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba and became suffragan of Curitiba)

Area: 11,537 km²

Population: 419,000 Catholics (77.2% of 543,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 248 missions

Personnel: 37 priests (26 diocesan, 11 religious), 2 deacons, 46 religious (13 brothers, 33 sisters), 7 seminarians