roman, catholic, diocese, paraná, latin, dioecesis, giparanensis, diocese, located, city, paraná, ecclesiastical, province, porto, velho, brazil, diocese, paranádioecesis, giparanensislocationcountry, brazilecclesiastical, provinceporto, velhostatisticsarea120. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji Parana Latin Dioecesis Giparanensis is a diocese located in the city of Ji Parana in the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil Diocese of Ji ParanaDioecesis GiparanensisLocationCountry BrazilEcclesiastical provincePorto VelhoStatisticsArea120 000 km2 46 000 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 709 938480 000 67 6 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished3 January 1978 45 years ago CathedralCatedral Sao Joao BoscoCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopNorbert Hans Christoph Foerster S V D Metropolitan ArchbishopRoque PaloschiWebsitewww diocesedejiparana org brHistory Edit3 January 1978 Established as Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondonia from the Territorial Prelature of Guajara Mirim and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho 19 February 1983 Promoted as Diocese of Ji Parana 23 December 1997 Lost territory along with Diocese of Diamantino to establish Diocese of JuinaLeadership in the chronological order EditPrelate of Vila Rondonia Roman Rite Bishop Jose Martins da Silva S D N 1978 01 03 1982 10 04 appointed Archbishop of Porto Velho Rondonia Bishops of Ji Parana Roman rite Bishop Antonio Possamai S D B 1983 03 04 2007 04 11 Bishop Bruno Pedron S D B 2007 04 11 2019 06 05 Bishop Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster S V D 2020 12 02 present References EditGCatholic org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website Portuguese 10 52 56 S 61 56 41 W 10 8821 S 61 9448 W 10 8821 61 9448 nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Brazil is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji Parana amp oldid 1173064964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,