Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Belém do Pará | |||
4 March 1720 | Erected | Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão | Diocese of Belém do Pará (erected) |
27 April 1892 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Belém do Pará | Diocese of Amazonas (erected) |
21 September 1903 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Belém do Pará | Territorial Prelature of Santarém (erected) |
Archdiocese of Belém do Pará | |||
1 May 1906 | Elevated | Diocese of Belém do Pará | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará |
18 July 1911 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese 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 1920 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese 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 1928 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará | Territorial Prelature of Gurupi (erected) |
14 April 1928 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará | Territorial Prelature of Marajó (erected) |
3 February 1934 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Bragança, S. Miguel, S. Domingo, and S. Anna de Copim) | Territorial Prelature of Gurupi |
16 August 1934 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia Territorial Prelature of Santarém | Territorial Prelature of Xingu (erected) |
29 November 1952 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Cametá, Igarapé-Miri, Araticú, Mocajuba, and Baiâo) | Territorial Prelature of Cametá (erected) |
25 November 1961 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese 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 1963 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese 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 1963 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Portel and Melgaço) | Territorial Prelature of Marajó |
29 December 2004 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese 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) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Belém do Pará | ||||||||||||
1949 | 990,000 | 1,000,000 | 99.0% | 21 | 63 | 84 | 11,785 | 279 | 48 | ap1951 | ||
1958 | 689,200 | 719,283 | 95.8% | 35 | 50 | 85 | 8,108 | 73 | 420 | 41 | ap1960 | |
1965 | 720,000 | 780,920 | 92.2% | 40 | 69 | 109 | 6,605 | 98 | 434 | 36 | ap1967 | |
1970 | 780,000 | 813,418 | 95.9% | 32 | 87 | 119 | 6,554 | 2 | 120 | 447 | 42 | ap1971 |
1976 | 1,002,621 | 1,234,567 | 81.2% | 39 | 89 | 128 | 7,832 | 2 | 119 | 412 | 50 | ap1977 |
1977 | 1,110,000 | 1,238,000 | 89.7% | 40 | 76 | 116 | 9,568 | 9 | 99 | 348 | 52 | ap1981 |
1990 | 1,526,000 | 1,823,000 | 83.7% | 65 | 75 | 140 | 10,900 | 47 | 115 | 450 | 61 | ap1991 |
1999 | 2,000,000 | 2,500,000 | 80.0% | 51 | 157 | 208 | 9,615 | 50 | 249 | 438 | 75 | ap2000 |
2000 | 2,000,000 | 2,500,000 | 80.0% | 63 | 78 | 141 | 14,184 | 55 | 161 | 498 | 77 | ap2001 |
2001 | 2,030,000 | 2,500,000 | 81.2% | 69 | 99 | 168 | 12,083 | 56 | 154 | 508 | 80 | ap2002 |
2002 | 2,058,000 | 2,535,000 | 81.2% | 68 | 101 | 169 | 12,177 | 55 | 169 | 510 | 80 | ap2003 |
2003 | 2,091,281 | 2,734,842 | 76.5% | 69 | 103 | 172 | 12,158 | 53 | 179 | 445 | 83 | ap2004 |
2004 | 2,119,558 | 2,712,542 | 78.1% | 67 | 105 | 172 | 12,323 | 60 | 183 | 441 | 83 | ap2005 |
2005 | 1,704,000 | 2,068,836 | 82.4% | 48 | 86 | 134 | 12,716 | 162 | 328 | 52 | bul:29Dec2004 | |
2006 | 1,503,302 | 2,042,530 | 73.6% | 46 | 86 | 132 | 11,388 | 50 | 160 | 391 | 54 | ap2007 |
2012 | 1,544,000 | 2,125,000 | 72.7% | 105 | 89 | 194 | 7,958 | 84 | 155 | 363 | 73 | ap2013 |
2015 | 1,931,126 | 2,342,061 | 82.5% | 108 | 90 | 198 | 9,753 | 87 | 163 | 399 | 84 | ap2016 |
2018 | 1,845,040 | 2,181,600 | 84.6% | 115 | 102 | 217 | 8,502 | 144 | 172 | 363 | 86 | ap2019 |
2020 | 2,210,020 | 3,016,650 | 73.3% | 131 | 104 | 235 | 9,404 | 188 | 175 | 364 | 90 | ap2021 |
2022 | 2,239,100 | 2,994,900 | 74.8% | 133 | 78 | 211 | 10,611 | 215 | 151 | 372 | 92 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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