Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Cametá
Latin:Dioecesis Cametanensis
Local:Diocese de Cametá
Country:Brazil
Province:Belém do Pará
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:29 November 1952 (years ago)
Cathedral:Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Cametá
Area Km2:47,758
Population:459,000
Population As Of:2012
Catholics:348,000
Catholics Percent:75.8
Parishes:10
Bishop:Vacant
Metro Archbishop:Alberto Taveira Corrêa

The Diocese of Cametá (Latin: Cametanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil's Pará state.

Its cathedral is Catedral São João Batista (Sant John the Baptist), and is in the episcopal see of Cametá. The Diocese of Cametá is a suffragan diocese 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.[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

Territorial Prelates of Cametá
Bishops of Cametá

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Sources and external links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Web Translator.