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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Marajó

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Country
  
Brazil

Metropolitan
  
Belém do Pará

Area
  
105,000 km²

Ecclesiastical province
  
Belém do Pará

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 260,000 230,000 (88.5%)

Established
  
14 April 1928 (88 years ago)

The Territorial Prelature of Marajó (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Maraiensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Marajó in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

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History

On April 14, 1928, the Territorial Prelature of Marajó was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará.

Leadership

  • Prelates of Marajó (Roman rite)
  • Bishop José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. (July 6, 1988 - present)
  • Bishop Alquilio Alvarez Diez, O.A.R. (May 6, 1965 - November 3, 1985)
  • Bishop Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. (January 9, 1943 - April 4, 1965)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Marajó Wikipedia
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