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Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá

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Parishes
  
10

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
47,758 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Alberto Taveira Corrêa

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2012) 459,000 348,000 (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.

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Territorial Prelates of Cametá

(all missionary members of Roman rite congregations)

  • Apostolic Administrator Cornélio Veerman, Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists, Vincentians) (C.M.) ( 1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27 see below)
  • Bishop-prelate Cornélio Veerman, C.M., Titular Bishop of Numida (1961.02.27 – 1970.11.30) (see above 1961.02.27 – 1969.08.08)
  • Bishop-prelate José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. (1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29)
  • Bishop-prelate Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (2000.02.23 – 2013.02.06 see below)
    • Bishops of Cametá
  • Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (see above 2013.02.06 - ...)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá Wikipedia
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