Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santarém, Brazil

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Diocese of Santarém

Archdioecesis Santaremensis

Archdiocese of Santarém
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Cathedral of Santarém
Location
CountryBrazil
Statistics
Area171,906 km2 (66,373 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
447,000
295,936 (66.2%)
Information
RiteRoman Rite
Established6 November 2019 (118 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of The Immaculate Conception in Santarém, Pará
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopIrineu Roman

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santarém (Latin: Dioecesis Santaremensis) is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Brazil. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará until 6 November 2019.[1]

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in the city of Santarém, Brazil.

History[]

  • Established on 21 September 1903 as Territorial Prelature of Santarém, with territory split off from the Diocese of Belém do Pará
  • Lost territories:
  • Elevated on 16 October 1979 to Diocese of Santarém
  • 6 July 1988, lost territory to establish the Territorial Prelature of Itaituba.
  • Promoted on 6 November 2019 as Archdiocese of Santarém[1]

Statistics[]

As per 2014, it pastorally served 316,500 Catholics (70.2% of 451,000 total) on 171,906 km² in 22 parishes with 53 priests (26 diocesan, 27 religious), 90 lay religious (39 brothers, 51 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries[]

Territorial Prelates of Santarém
  • (22 September 1904 – 8 January 1907), next Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil, now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus) (1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16), emeritate as Titular Bishop of (1914.04.16 – death 1938.03.26)
  • , Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (born Germany) (10 January 1907 – 5 March 1939), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Argos (1908.07.10 – death 1939.03.05)
  • Apostolic Administrator Father Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. (born Poland) (1941 – 1947.12.13)
  • , O.F.M. (13 December 1947 – 18 June 1949), Titular Bishop of Conana (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18); later Apostolic Administrator of Territorial Prelature of Macapá (Brazil) (1949 – 1950.01.14), Bishop of Campina Grande (Brazil) (1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11), Bishop of Tubarão (Brazil) (1955.05.11 – retired 1981.09.17), died 1992
  • , O.F.M. (born Poland) (8 September 1950 – 12 September 1957), Titular Bishop of Drivastum (1950.09.08 – death 1979.06.04), also next as Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1957.09.12 – 1972) and on emeritate
  • , O.F.M. (born USA) (31 January 1958 – 16 October 1979 see below), Titular Bishop of (1958.01.31 – 1978.05.26)
Suffragan Bishops of Santarém
  • , O.F.M. (see above 16 October 1979 – retired 27 November 1985), died 2002
  • , O.F.M. (27 November 1985 – death 28 February 2007); formerly Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (1981.05.25 – 1983.06.09), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém (1981.05.25 – 1983.06.09) and then as Coadjutor Bishop of Santarém (1983.06.09 – succession 1985.11.27)
  • (28 February 2007 – 30 November 2011), previously Bishop of Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (2000.03.22 – 2007.02.28); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Velho (Brazil) (2011.11.30 – 2015.03.18), then Titular Bishop of Summula (2015.03.18 – ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2015.03.18 – ...)
  • , S.D.B. (19 September 2012 – 19 September 2018), previously Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil) (1997.10.08 – 2012.09.19); appointed Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre
Archbishops of Santarém
  • , C.S.I. (6 November 2019[1] – present)

Other affiliated bishops[]

Coadjutor bishops[]

  • , O.F.M. (1928-1931), as Coadjutor Prelate; did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia
  • , O.F.M. (1983-1985)

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • , O.F.M. (1981-1983), appointed Coadjutor here
  • , O.F.M. Cap. (2004-2007), appointed Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

  • , appointed Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão in 2005

Ecclesiastical province[]

When it was raised to an Archdiocese, it was given three suffragans.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Resignations and Appointments, 06.11.2019" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

Sources and external links[]

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