Roman Catholic Diocese of Cornélio Procópio

Diocese of Cornélio Procópio Dioecesis Procopiensis
Christ the King Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Londrina
Statistics
Area	6,718 km2 (2,594 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2005) 198,055 156,988 (79.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	26 May 1973 (51 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Cristo Rei
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Marcos José dos Santos
Metropolitan Archbishop	Geremias Steinmetz
Bishops emeritus	Manoel João Francisco

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cornélio Procópio (Latin: Dioecesis Procopiensis) is a diocese located in the city of Cornélio Procópio in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.

History

• May 26, 1973: Established as Diocese of Cornélio Procópio from the Diocese of Jacarezinho

Bishops

• Bishops of Cornélio Procópio (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Marcos José dos Santos (2022.06.22 – present)
  • Bishop Manoel João Francisco (2014.03.26 – 2022.06.22)
  • Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. (1984.03.26 – 2014.03.26)
  • Bishop Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. (1979.04.19 – 1983.05.17)
  • Bishop José Joaquim Gonçalves (1973.06.14 – 1979.03.28)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Sérgio de Deus Borges, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2012
• Aparecido Donizete de Souza, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in 2015

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy