- Roman Catholic Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
latin= Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaia
country= Brazil| metropolitan= Belém do Pará
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
cocathedral =
area= 52,145
population= 270,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 200,000
catholics_percent= 74.1
bishop=Dominique Marie Jean Denis You
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia {Latin: " Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaia "} is a
diocese located in the city ofConceição do Araguaia in theEcclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.History
* July 18, 1911: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
* December 20, 1969: Suppressed to the Territorial Prelature of Marabá
* March 27, 1976: Restored as Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia from theTerritorial Prelature of Cristalândia and Territorial Prelature of Marabá
* October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do AraguaiaLeadership
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Bishop s of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Roman rite)
** Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Denis You (2006.02.08 – present)
** BishopPedro José Conti (1995.12.27 – 2004.12.29)
** BishopPatrício José Hanrahan ,C.SS.R. (1979.10.16 – 1993.05.25)
* Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Roman rite)
** Bishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R. (1979.01.29 – 1979.10.16)
** BishopEstêvão Cardoso de Avellar ,O.P. (1976.03.27 – 1978.03.20)
** BishopLuís António Palha Teixeira , O.P. (1951.02.20 – 1969.12.20)
** Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1948.01.02 – 1951.02.20)
** BishopSebastião Tomás , O.P. (1924.12.18 – 1945.12.19)
** BishopRaymond Dominique Carrerot , O.P. (1912.08.26 – 1920.07.30)ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/zcon0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dscar.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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