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Roman Catholic Diocese of Abaetetuba

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Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
28,256 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alberto Taveira Corrêa

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 490,000 351,000 (71.6%)

Established
  
4 August 1981 (35 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Abaetetuba

Address
  
Tv. José Gonçalves Chaves, 815 - São Lourenço, Abaetetuba - PA, 68440-000, Brazil

Bishop
  
José Maria Chaves dos Reis

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

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

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History

  • 25 November 1961: Established as Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
  • 4 August 1981: Promoted as Diocese of Abaetetuba

    • Leadership

  • Prelates of Abaeté do Tocantins (Latin Church)
  • Giovanni Gazza (12 November 1962 – 19 September 1966)
  • Bishops of Abaetetuba (Latin Church)
  • Angelo Frosi, S.X. (2 February 1970 – 28 June 1995)
  • Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (8 October 1997 – 16 December 2012); transferred to be Bishop of Santarem

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Abaetetuba Wikipedia
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