Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Jacarezinho Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis

Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião in 2016
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Londrina
Statistics
Area	13,369 km² (5,162 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 437,000 380,000 (87.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 May 1926 (98 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Sebastião
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Antônio Braz Benevente
Metropolitan Archbishop	Geremias Steinmetz
Bishops emeritus	Fernando José Penteado

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho (Latin: Dioecesis Iacarezinhoënsis) is a diocese in the city of Jacarezinho in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.

History

May 10, 1926: Established as Diocese of Jacarezinho from the Diocese of Curitiba

Bishops

Bishops of Jacarezinho (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente (7 September 2010 – present)
- Bishop Fernando José Penteado (5 July 2000 – 23 June 2010)
- Bishop Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (10 August 1991 – 5 July 2000)
- Bishop Pedro Filipak (8 February 1962 – 10 August 1991)
- Bishop Geraldo de Proença Sigaud, S.V.D. (later Archbishop) (29 October 1946 – 20 December 1960), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
- Bishop Ernesto de Paula (22 November 1941 – 30 June 1945), appointed Bishop of Piracicaba, São Paulo
- Bishop Fernando Taddei, C.M. (22 April 1927 – 9 January 1940)

Coadjutor bishop

Conrado Walter, S.A.C. (1984-1991)

Auxiliary bishop

Conrado Walter, S.A.C. † (1977-1984), appointed Coadjutor here

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Mauro Aparecido dos Santos, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 1998
Elizeu de Morais Pimentel, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana in 2001
Mário Antônio da Silva, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas in 2010