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Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará



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Bishop(s)

  • Alberto Taveira Corrêa, Archbishop
  • Paolo Andreolli, S.X., Auxiliary Bishop
  • Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B., Auxiliary Bishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 1 May 1906
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Para
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 2,082 (804 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte 2
  • Official Web Site: https://arquidiocesedebelem.com.br
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Av. Governador Jose Malcher 915, 66055-260 Belem, PA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (091)3215-7001
  • Fax: 3219-1146

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Belém do Pará
4 March 1720ErectedDiocese of São Luís do Maranhão Diocese of Belém do Pará (erected)
27 April 1892Territory LostDiocese of Belém do Pará Diocese of Amazonas (erected)
21 September 1903Territory LostDiocese of Belém do Pará Territorial Prelature of Santarém (erected)
Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
1 May 1906ElevatedDiocese of Belém do Pará Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
18 July 1911Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Southeast corner of Para state and Northeast of Matto Grosso state) Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (erected)
29 October 1920Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (from the rivers Rio Fresco and Xingü to the borders of Matto-Grossense) Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
14 April 1928Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará Territorial Prelature of Gurupi (erected)
14 April 1928Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará Territorial Prelature of Marajó (erected)
3 February 1934Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Bragança, S. Miguel, S. Domingo, and S. Anna de Copim) Territorial Prelature of Gurupi
16 August 1934Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará
Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
Territorial Prelature of Santarém
Territorial Prelature of Xingu (erected)
29 November 1952Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Cametá, Igarapé-Miri, Araticú, Mocajuba, and Baiâo) Territorial Prelature of Cametá (erected)
25 November 1961Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Cities of Abaeté do Tocantins, Acara, Barcarena, Bujarú, Mojú, and Tomé-Açu) Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins (erected)
25 June 1963Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Cachoeira do Arari, Ponta de Pedras, Santa Cruz do Ararí, Muanâ, Sâo Sebastiâo da Boa Vista, and Curralinho) Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras (erected)
18 November 1963Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Portel and Melgaço) Territorial Prelature of Marajó
29 December 2004Territory LostArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Castanhal, Igarapé-Açu, Capanema, Colares, Curuçá, Inhangapi, Magalhães Barata, Maracanã, Marapanim, Nova Timbotêua, Peixe-Boi, Primavera, Quatipuru, Salinópolis, Santa Isabel do Pará, Santa Maria do Pará, Santarém Novo, Santo Antônio do Tauá, São Caet...)
Diocese of Bragança do Pará (São Domingos do Capim)
Diocese of Castanhal (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
1949990,0001,000,00099.0%21638411,78527948ap1951
1958689,200719,28395.8%3550858,1087342041ap1960
1965720,000780,92092.2%40691096,6059843436ap1967
1970780,000813,41895.9%32871196,554212044742ap1971
19761,002,6211,234,56781.2%39891287,832211941250ap1977
19771,110,0001,238,00089.7%40761169,56899934852ap1981
19901,526,0001,823,00083.7%657514010,9004711545061ap1991
19992,000,0002,500,00080.0%511572089,6155024943875ap2000
20002,000,0002,500,00080.0%637814114,1845516149877ap2001
20012,030,0002,500,00081.2%699916812,0835615450880ap2002
20022,058,0002,535,00081.2%6810116912,1775516951080ap2003
20032,091,2812,734,84276.5%6910317212,1585317944583ap2004
20042,119,5582,712,54278.1%6710517212,3236018344183ap2005
20051,704,0002,068,83682.4%488613412,71616232852bul:29Dec2004
20061,503,3022,042,53073.6%468613211,3885016039154ap2007
20121,544,0002,125,00072.7%105891947,9588415536373ap2013
20151,931,1262,342,06182.5%108901989,7538716339984ap2016
20181,845,0402,181,60084.6%1151022178,50214417236386ap2019
20202,210,0203,016,65073.3%1311042359,40418817536490ap2021
20222,239,1002,994,90074.8%1337821110,61121515137292ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Belém do Pará
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 134
  • Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 56, Page 267, and Page 268

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