Parishes 10 | Rite Latin Rite Area 47,758 km² Metropolitan archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa | |
Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)459,000348,000 (75.8%) Established 29 November 1952 (64 years ago) Cathedral Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Cametá Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará | ||
The Diocese of Cametá (Latin: Cametanensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin diocese in northern Brazil's Pará state.
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Its cathedral episcopal see, Catedral São João Batista (Sant John the Baptist), is in the city of Cametá. It's a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará
History
On November 29, 1952, the Territorial Prelature of Cametá was established on territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, its present Metropolitan.
On February 6, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI promoted the Territorial Prelature to Diocese, and named its last Prelate, Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., as the first Bishop.
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(all missionary members of Roman rite congregations)
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA