The Diocese of Ponta Grossa is a territorial division of the Catholic Church in the state of Paraná

Paraná (state)

Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...

, Brazil. It was created in 1926 by Papal bull

Papal bull

A Papal bull is a particular type of letters patent or charter issued by a Pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the bulla that was appended to the end in order to authenticate it....

 Quum in Dies Numerus of Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...

, with bula Quum in numerus. It is a suffragan diocese of Archdiocese of Curitiba. The fifth and current Diocesan Bishop is Bishop Sergio Arthur Braschi. It is the richest Diocese of Paraná, behind the 4 archdioceses.

Bishops

• Antônio Mazarotto (1929 – 1965)
• Geraldo Luis Claudio Micheleto Pellanda (1965 – 1991)
• Murilo Sebastian Ramos Krieger (1991 – 1998)
• Joao Braz de Aviz (1998 – 2003)
• Sérgio Arthur Braschi (2003 – present)

It is the largest centre of vocations throughout the Paraná, responsible for 40% of all priests present in Parana.

Cities

The Diocese of Ponta Grossa is composed of 13 cities: Carambeí, Castro, Imbituva, Ipiranga, Ponta Grossa, Telêmaco Borba, Ortigueira, Reserva, Tibagi, Ivaí, Piraí do Sul, Teixeira Soares, Fernandes Pinheiro, Ventania, Irati, Guamiranga, and Imbaú.