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Roman Catholic Diocese of Óbidos

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
182,960 km²

Country
  
Brazil

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+55 93 3547-1296

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alberto Taveira Corrêa

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 201,063 167,379 (83.2%)

Established
  
10 April 1957 (59 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Anne in Óbidos, Pará

Emeritus Bishops
  
Martinho Lammers, O.F.M.

Address
  
138, Tv. Bom Jesus, 14 - Centro, Óbidos - PA, 68250-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

The Diocese of Óbidos (Latin: Dioecesis Obidensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Óbidos in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

Contents

History

  • On April 10, 1957, the Territorial Prelature of Óbidos was created from the Territorial Prelature of Santarém
  • On November 9, 2011, the Territorial Prelature was elevated to a diocese

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Óbidos (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (November 9, 2011 - present)
  • Prelates of Óbidos (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (January 28, 2009 - November 9, 2011)
  • Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (July 19, 1976 - January 28, 2009)
  • Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. (April 13, 1973 - March 24, 1976)
  • Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. (September 12, 1957 - 1972)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Óbidos Wikipedia
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