Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Cascavel

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Cascavel / Cascavellen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Foz do Iguaçu, Palmas–Francisco Beltrão, Toledo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Foz do Iguaçu (↙), Toledo (↖), Campo Mourão (↗), Guarapuava (→), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (October 12)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1978.05.05: Established as Diocese of Cascavel / Cascavellen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Toledo and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1979.10.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cascavel / Cascavellen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Foz do Iguaçu, Palmas and Toledo)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.05.02 – ...):

Archbishop José Mário Scalon Angonese (65)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cascavel (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Mário Scalon Angonese (65)
(2024.05.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil)

Eis-me aqui, envia me

Born:	1960.06.01 (Unistalda, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.04.28

Priest of Santa Maria (Brazil) (1989.12.16 – 2013.02.20)

Titular Bishop of Giufi (2013.02.20 – 2017.05.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba (Brazil) (2013.02.20 – 2017.05.31)

Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil) (2017.05.31 – 2024.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (2024.05.02 – ...)

Bishop Paulo Antônio de Conto (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.02.13 – 2024.05.02)

Archbishop Adelar Baruffi (56)
(2021.09.22 – 2024.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cascavel (Brazil)

Servo de Jesus Cristo

Born:	1969.10.19 (Garibaldi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1995.01.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.03.07

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1995.01.12 – 2014.12.17)

Bishop of Cruz Alta (Brazil) (2014.12.17 – 2021.09.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (2021.09.22 – 2024.02.12)

Archbishop Mauro Aparecido dos Santos
(2007.10.31 – 2021.03.11)

Veni et Sequere Me

Born:	1954.11.09 (Fartura, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.14
Died:	2021.03.11 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil † 66)

Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 1999.02.21)

Bishop of Campo Mourão (Brazil) (1999.02.21 – 2007.10.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (2007.10.31 – 2021.03.11)

Archbishop Lúcio Ignácio Baumgaertner
(1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)

Ut Vitam Habeant

Born:	1931.09.02 (Nova Milano, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.10.12
Died:	2023.04.01 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil † 91)

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1957.12.01 – 1983.07.02)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1983.07.02 – 1995.12.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1995.12.27 – 2007.10.31)

Archbishop Armando Círio, O.S.J.
(1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27)

Ardere et illuminare

Born:	1916.04.30 (Calamandrana, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1940.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.08.28
Died:	2014.08.11 (Cascavel, PR, Brazil † 98)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1960.05.14 – 1978.05.05)

Bishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 1979.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cascavel (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1995.12.27)

Bishops of Cascavel (Roman Rite)

Bishop Armando Círio, O.S.J. (later Archbishop)
(1978.05.05 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Aparecido Donizeti de Souza (62) (2022.06.22 – 2026.01.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Cascavel, Paraná

Churches by City (40)

Foz do Iguaçu (↙), Toledo (↖), Campo Mourão (↗), Guarapuava (→), Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,042 km²

Population: 356,000 Catholics (75.0% of 474,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes, 347 missions

Personnel: 64 priests (40 diocesan, 24 religious), 1 deacon, 182 religious (70 brothers, 112 sisters), 19 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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