Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

Archdiocese of Belém do Pará Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará
Belém Cathedral
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	2,082 km2 (804 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 2,042,530 1,503,302 (73.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Graças
Current leadership
Bishop	sede vacante

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Latin: Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará) is an archdiocese located in the city of Belém in Brazil.

History

• March 4, 1720: Established as Diocese of Belém do Pará from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
• May 1, 1906: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Basílica Nossa Senhora de Nazaré do Desterro

Leadership

• Bishops of Belém do Pará (Latin Rite)
  • Bartolomeu do Pilar, O. Carm. (1720.03.04 – 1733.04.09)
  • Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha (1738.09.03 – 1748.05.18)
  • Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P. (1748.05.18 – 1760.03.24)
  • João de São José de Queiroz da Silveira, O.S.B. (1760.03.24 – 1763.11.25)
  • João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, T.O.R. (1771.06.17 – 1782.05.14)
  • Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, T.O.R. (1782.12.16 – 1790.03.29)
  • Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho (1790.06.21 – 1818.06.30)
  • Romualdo de Souza Coelho (1820.08.28 – 1841.02.15)
  • José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M. (1844.01.22 – 1857.09.24)
  • Antônio de Macedo Costa (1860.12.17 – 1890.06.26)
  • Jerônimo Tomé da Silva (1890.06.26 – 1893.09.12)
  • Jerônimo Tomé da Silva (1890.06.26 – 1893.09.12)
  • Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão (1894.09.07 – 1901.06.05)
  • Francisco do Rego Maia (1901.06.05 – 1906.04.03)
  • José Marcondes Homem de Melo (1906.04.26 – 1906.05.01)
• Archbishops of Belém do Pará (Latin Rite)
  • José Marcondes Homem de Melo (1906.05.01 – 1906.12.06)
  • Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19)
  • João Irineu Joffily (1924.03.27 – 1931.05.01)
  • Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B. (1931.07.10 – 1941.07.19)
  • Jaime de Barros Câmara (1941.09.15 – 1943.07.03)
  • Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (1944.09.10 – 1956.10.23)
  • Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (1957.05.09 – 1990.07.04)
  • Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. (1990.07.04 – 2004.10.13)
  • Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (2004.10.13 – 2009.04.19)
  • Alberto Taveira Corrêa (30 December 2009 - )

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Abaetetuba
• Diocese of Bragança do Pará
• Diocese of Castanhal
• Diocese of Macapá
• Diocese of Marabá
• Diocese of Óbidos
• Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
• Diocese of Santarém
• Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
• Territorial Prelature of Cametá
• Territorial Prelature of Itaituba
• Territorial Prelature of Marajó
• Territorial Prelature of Xingu

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website