Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis de Para) is a diocese located in the city of Bragança do Pará in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

Diocese of Bragança do Pará

Dioecesis Brigantiensis de Para

Diocese de Bragança do Pará
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceBelém do Pará
MetropolitanBelém do Pará
Statistics
Area68,316 km2 (26,377 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2012)
1,038,000
734,000 (70.7%)
Parishes25
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 April 1928 (92 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our lady of the Rosary in Bragança, Pará
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlberto Taveira Corrêa
Bishops emeritusLuigi Ferrando
Website
www.diocesedebraganca.com

History

  • April 14, 1928: Established as Territorial Prelature of Gurupi from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
  • February 3, 1934: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Guamá
  • October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Guamá
  • October 13, 1981: Renamed as Diocese of Bragança do Pará

Bishops

  • Prelates of Guamá (Latin Rite)
    • Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. (1940.08.10 – 1977.02.05)
  • Bishops of Guamá (Latin Rite)
    • Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.13)
  • Bishops of Bragança do Pará (Latin Rite)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho, appointed Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas in 2018

Sources


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