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Roman Catholic Diocese of União da Vitória

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Diocese of União da Vitória

Dioecesis Unionensis a Victoria

Diocese de União da Vitória
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in União da Vitória in 2020
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceCuritiba
Statistics
Area10,009 km2 (3,864 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
216,328
183,879 (85%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 December 1976 (48 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in União da Vitória
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWalter Jorge Pinto
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Antônio Peruzzo
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of União da Vitória (Latin: Dioecesis Unionensis a Victoria) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is União da Vitória. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdicoese Curitiba.

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