Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu

Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu

*Dioecesis Iguassuensis*

Diocese de Foz do Iguaçu
Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu; Dioecesis Iguassuensis; Diocese de Foz do Iguaçu
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Cascavel
Metropolitan	Cascavel
Statistics
Area	6,822 km2 (2,634 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2013); 521,000; 413,000 (79.3%);
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	10 May 1926 (100 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Sérgio de Deus Borges
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Mário Scalon Angonese
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu (Latin: Dioecesis Iguassuensis) is a diocese located in the city of Foz do Iguaçu in the ecclesiastical province of Cascavel in Brazil.

History

May 10, 1926: Established as Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu from the Diocese of Curitiba
1959: Suppressed (to Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Toledo)
May 5, 1978: Restored as Diocese of Foz do Iguaçu from the Diocese of Toledo

Bishops of Foz do Iguaçu (Roman rite)
- Bishop Sérgio de Deus Borges (2019.09.07 – ...)
- Bishop Dirceu Vegini (2010.10.20 – 2018.09.29)
- Bishop Laurindo Guizzardi, C.S. (1982.02.12 – 2010.10.20)
- Bishop Olívio Aurélio Fazza, S.V.D. (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)
- Fr. Manoel Könner, S.V.D. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1940.02.17 – 1947.12.13)