Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji-Paraná

Diocese of Ji-Paraná

*Dioecesis Giparanensis*
Diocese of Ji-Paraná; Dioecesis Giparanensis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Porto Velho
Statistics
Area	120,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 709,938; 480,000 (67.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	3 January 1978 (46 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral São João Bosco
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Norbert Hans Christoph Foerster, S.V.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Roque Paloschi
Website
	www.diocesedejiparana.org.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ji-Paraná (Latin: Dioecesis Giparanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ji-Paraná in the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.

History

3 January 1978: Established as Territorial Prelature of Vila Rondônia from the Territorial Prelature of Guajará-Mirim and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
19 February 1983: Promoted as Diocese of Ji-Paraná
23 December 1997: Lost territory, along with Diocese of Diamantino, to establish Diocese of Juína

Prelate of Vila Rondônia (Roman Rite)
- Bishop José Martins da Silva, S.D.N. (1978.01.03 – 1982.10.04), appointed Archbishop of Porto Velho, Rondonia
Bishops of Ji-Paraná (Roman rite)
- Bishop Antônio 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)

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