Promoted on 6 November 2019 as Archdiocese of Santarém[1]
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 316,500 Catholics (70.2% of 451,000 total) on 171,906 km² in 22 parishes with 53 priests (26 diocesan, 27 religious), 90 lay religious (39 brothers, 51 sisters) and 19 seminarians.
Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. (13 December 1947 – 18 June 1949), Titular Bishop of
Conana (1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18); later Apostolic Administrator of
Territorial Prelature of Macapá (Brazil) (1949 – 1950.01.14), Bishop of
Campina Grande (Brazil) (1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11), Bishop of
Tubarão (Brazil) (1955.05.11 – retired 1981.09.17), died 1992
João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. (born Poland) (8 September 1950 – 12 September 1957), Titular Bishop of
Drivastum (1950.09.08 – death 1979.06.04), also next as Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1957.09.12 – 1972) and on emeritate
Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M. (born USA) (31 January 1958 – 16 October 1979 see below), Titular Bishop of
Margum (1958.01.31 – 1978.05.26)
Suffragan Bishops of Santarém
Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M. (see above 16 October 1979 – retired 27 November 1985), died 2002
Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. (27 November 1985 – death 28 February 2007); formerly Titular Bishop of
Iunca in Byzacena (1981.05.25 – 1983.06.09), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém (1981.05.25 – 1983.06.09) and then as Coadjutor Bishop of Santarém (1983.06.09 – succession 1985.11.27)
Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias (28 February 2007 – 30 November 2011), previously Bishop of
Paulo Afonso (Brazil) (2000.03.22 – 2007.02.28); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Porto Velho (Brazil) (2011.11.30 – 2015.03.18), then Titular Bishop of
Summula (2015.03.18 – ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of
São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2015.03.18 – ...)
Flávio Giovenale,
S.D.B. (19 September 2012 – 19 September 2018), previously Bishop of
Abaetetuba (Brazil) (1997.10.08 – 2012.09.19); appointed Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre