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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 | |
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Belém do Pará |
| Metropolitan | Belém do Pará |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 68,316 km2 (26,377 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 1,038,000 734,000 (70.7%) |
| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 14 April 1928 (95 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our lady of the Rosary in Bragança, Pará |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alberto Taveira Corrêa |
| Bishops emeritus | Luigi 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)
- Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (1981.10.13 – 1996.04.10)
- Luigi Ferrando (1996.04.10 – 2016.08.17)
- Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (2016.08.17 - )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho, appointed Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas in 2018
Sources
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
Coordinates: 1°03′20″S 46°45′58″W / 1.0555°S 46.7661°W