Territorial Prelature of Cametá
- Territorial Prelature of Cametá
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Territorial Prelature
name= Cametá
latin= Territorialis Praelatura Cametanensis
country= Brazil| metropolitan= Belém do Pará
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Prelatícia São João Batista
cocathedral =
area= 50,648
population= 411,657
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 287,700
catholics_percent= 69.9
bishop= Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Territorial Prelature of Cametá {Latin: " Territorialis Praelatura Cametanen(sis)"} is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Cametá in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.
History
On November 29, 1952, the Territorial Prelature of Cametá was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
Leadership
* Prelates of Cametá (Roman rite)
** Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (2000.02.23 – present)
** Bishop José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. (1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29)
** Bishop Cornélio Veerman, C.M. (1961.02.27 – 1969.08.08)
** Fr. Cornélio Veerman, C.M. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27)
References
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/came1.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcame.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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