Catholic ecclesiastical territory
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (
Latin : Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará ) is an
archdiocese located in the city of
Belém in
Brazil . It covers 3,566,079 square kilometres (1,376,871 sq mi) and is organized into 80 parishes. The Archdiocese covers the municipalities of
Belém ,
Ananindeua ,
Benevides ,
Marituba , and
Santa Bárbara do Pará .
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:
Cathedrals
Historic churches
Bishops
(all
Roman Rite )
Episcopal ordinaries
Bishops of Belém do Pará
Bartolomeu do Pilar ,
OCarm (4 March 1720 – 9 April 1733)
Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha (3 September 1738 – 18 May 1748)
Miguel de Bulhões e Souza ,
OP (18 May 1748 – 24 March 1760)
João de São José de Queiroz da Silveira ,
OSB (24 March 1760 – 25 November 1763)
João Evangelista Pereira da Silva ,
TOR (17 June 1771 – 14 May 1782)
Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão , TOR (16 December 1782 – 29 March 1790), appointed Archbishop of Braga
Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho (21 June 1790 – 30 June 1818)
Romualdo de Souza Coelho (28 August 1820 – 15 February 1841)
José Affonso de Moraes Torres ,
CM (22 January 1844 – 24 September 1857)
Antônio de Macedo Costa (17 December 1860 – 26 June 1890), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Jerônimo Tomé da Silva (26 June 1890 – 12 September 1893), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão (7 September 1894 – 5 June 1901), Appointed Bishop of Alagôas
Francisco do Rego Maia (5 June 1901 – 3 April 1906)
José Marcondes Homem de Melo (26 April 1906 – 1 May 1906 see below )
Archbishops of Belém do Pará
José Marcondes Homem de Melo (see above 1 May 1906 – 6 December 1906)
Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho (6 December 1906 – 19 January 1923), appointed Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
João Irineu Joffily (27 March 1924 – 1 May 1931)
Antônio de Almeida Lustosa ,
SDB (10 July 1931 – 19 July 1941), appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
Jaime de Barros Câmara (15 September 1941 – 3 July 1943), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 1946)
Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (10 September 1944 – 23 October 1956), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (9 May 1957 – 4 July 1990)
Vicente Joaquim Zico , CM (4 July 1990 – 13 October 2004)
Orani João Tempesta ,
OCist (13 October 2004 – 19 April 2009), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 2014)
Alberto Taveira Corrêa (30 December 2009 - )
Coadjutor Bishops
Auxiliary Bishops
Milton Corrêa Pereira (1962-1967), appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
Tadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost , O.F.M. (1962-1992)
Alano Maria Pena , O.P. (1975-1976), appointed Coadjutor Prelate of Marabá, Para
Carlos Verzeletti (1996-2004), appointed Bishop of Castanhal, Para
Teodoro Mendes Tavares , C.S.Sp. (2011-2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para
Irineu Roman , C.S.I. (2014-2019), appointed Archbishop of Santarém, Para
Antônio de Assis Ribeiro , S.D.B. (2017-)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Suffragan dioceses
Sources