Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
Archdiocese of Belém do Pará Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará Arquidiocese de Belém do Pará | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Belém do Pará |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,082 km2 (804 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2012) 2,125,000 1,544,000 (72.7%) |
Parishes | 73 |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 4 March 1720 (301 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Graces in Belém |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Alberto Taveira Corrêa |
Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Latin: Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará) is an archdiocese located in the city of Belém in Brazil.
History[]
- March 4, 1720: Established as Diocese of Belém do Pará from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
- May 1, 1906: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
Special churches[]
- Minor Basilicas:
Bishops[]
(all Roman Rite)
Episcopal ordinaries[]
Bishops of Belém do Pará[]
- , OCarm (4 March 1720 – 9 April 1733)
- (3 September 1738 – 18 May 1748)
- , OP (18 May 1748 – 24 March 1760)
- , OSB (24 March 1760 – 25 November 1763)
- , TOR (17 June 1771 – 14 May 1782)
- , TOR (16 December 1782 – 29 March 1790), appointed Archbishop of Braga
- (21 June 1790 – 30 June 1818)
- (28 August 1820 – 15 February 1841)
- , CM (22 January 1844 – 24 September 1857)
- Antônio de Macedo Costa (17 December 1860 – 26 June 1890), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- (26 June 1890 – 12 September 1893), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- (7 September 1894 – 5 June 1901), Appointed Bishop of Alagôas
- (5 June 1901 – 3 April 1906)
- (26 April 1906 – 1 May 1906 see below)
Archbishops of Belém do Pará[]
- (see above 1 May 1906 – 6 December 1906)
- (6 December 1906 – 19 January 1923), appointed Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
- (27 March 1924 – 1 May 1931)
- Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, SDB (10 July 1931 – 19 July 1941), appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
- Jaime de Barros Câmara (15 September 1941 – 3 July 1943), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 1946)
- (10 September 1944 – 23 October 1956), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- (9 May 1957 – 4 July 1990)
- Vicente Joaquim Zico, CM (4 July 1990 – 13 October 2004)
- Orani João Tempesta, OCist (13 October 2004 – 19 April 2009), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 2014)
- Alberto Taveira Corrêa (30 December 2009 - )
Coadjutor Bishops[]
- , O.P. (1748)
- Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. (1980-1990)
Auxiliary Bishops[]
- (1962-1967), appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
- , O.F.M. (1962-1992)
- , O.P. (1975-1976), appointed Coadjutor Prelate of Marabá, Para
- (1996-2004), appointed Bishop of Castanhal, Para
- Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (2011-2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para
- , C.S.I. (2014-2019), appointed Archbishop of Santarém, Para
- , S.D.B. (2017-)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]
- , appointed Bishop of Amazonas in 1948; later returned here as Archbishop
Suffragan dioceses[]
- Diocese of Abaetetuba
- Diocese of Bragança do Pará
- Diocese of Cametá, formerly Territorial Prelature of Cametá
- Diocese of Castanhal
- Diocese of Macapá
- Diocese of Marabá
- Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
- Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Territorial Prelature of Marajó
Sources[]
Categories:
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
- Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Belém do Pará
- Religious organizations established in the 1720s
- Dioceses established in the 18th century