Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá

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

Diocese of Cametá

Dioecesis Cametanensis

Diocese de Cametá
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceBelém do Pará
Statistics
Area47,758 km2 (18,439 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2012)
459,000
348,000 (75.8%)
Parishes10
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established29 November 1952 (70 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St John the Baptist in Cametá
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVacant
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlberto Taveira Corrêa

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
  • Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (see above 2013.02.06 - 2016.08.17)
  • Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (2017.09.27 - 2022.03.09)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • José Maria Chaves dos Reis, appointed Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para in 2013

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