Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará

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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
(as of 2012)
1,038,000
734,000 (70.7%)
Parishes25
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established14 April 1928 (95 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

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

  • 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

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Sources

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