The Diocese of Marabá (Latin: Dioecesis Marabensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Marabá. The Diocese of Marabá is in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará.
History
- December 20, 1969: Established as Territorial Prelature of Marabá from the Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Marabá
Bishops
Ordinaries (in reverse chronological order)
- Bishops of Marabá
- Prelates of Marabá Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16); future Archbishop; Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. (1969.12.20 – 1976.11.10)
- Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. † (1951.02.20 - 1969.12.20); Bishop Sebastião Thomás, O.P. (1924.12.18 - 1945.12.19); Bishop Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. † (1912.08.26 - 1920.07.30), appointed Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocantins
Coadjutor prelates
- Tomás Balduino, O.P. (1967); did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Goiás
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. (1971-1976); did not succeed to see; appointed Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Para
- Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (1976-1985)