Diocese of Apucarana
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Apucarana is a diocese located in the city of Apucarana in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.
History
- November 28, 1964: Established as Diocese of Apucarana from the Diocese of Campo Mourão and Diocese of Londrina
- March 4, 2024: Pope Francis declares Our Lady of Lourdes as the patroness of the Diocese of Apucarana through the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
- October 30, 2024: Pope Francis formally affixes his signature on a document conferring the diginity of Minor basilica to the diocese's Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Bishops
- Bishops of Apucarana
- * Romeu Alberti, appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- * Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M.
- * Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D.
- * Celso Antonio Marchiori, appointed Bishop of São José dos Pinhais, Parana
- * Carlos José de Oliveira
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- João Braz de Aviz, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo in 1994; future Cardinal
- Dirceu Vegini, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana in 2006