Diocese of Bragança do Pará
| 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
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Belém do Pará |
| Metropolitan | Belém do Pará |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 69,084 km2 (26,673 sq mi) |
| Population Total Catholics |
(as of 2023) 1,130,000 799,000 (70.7%) |
| Parishes | 29 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 April 1928 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our lady of the Rosary in Bragança, Pará |
| Secular priests | 55 (44 Diocesan, 11 Religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. |
| Bishops emeritus | Luigi Ferrando Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
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.
History
- 14 April 1928: Established as Territorial Prelature of Gurupi from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
- 3 February 1934: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Guamá
- 16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Guamá
- 13 October 1981: Renamed as Diocese of Bragança do Pará
Bishops
- Prelates of Guamá (Latin Rite)
- Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. (10 August 1940 – 5 February 1977), resigned
- Bishops of Guamá (Latin Rite)
- Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (21 April 1980 – 13 October 1981 see below)
- Bishops of Bragança do Pará (Latin Rite)
- Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (see above 13 October 1981 – 10 April 1996), retired
- Luigi Ferrando (10 April 1996 – 17 August 2016), retired
- Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (17 August 2016 – 15 May 2024), resigned
- Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata (15 May 2024 – Present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho (1993-2018), appointed Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[1]