Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará is an archdiocese located in the city of Belém in Brazil. It covers and is organized into 80 parishes. The Archdiocese covers the municipalities of Belém, Ananindeua, Benevides, Marituba, and Santa Bárbara do Pará.
History
- March 4, 1720: Established as Diocese of Belém do Pará from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
- May 1, 1906: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- * Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile
- Cathedrals
- * Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Abaetetuba
- * Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Belém
- Historic churches
- * Church of Saint John the Baptist
- * Church of Our Lady of the Rosary
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
Bishops of Belém do Pará
- Bartolomeu do Pilar, OCarm
- Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha
- Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, OP
- João de São José de Queiroz da Silveira, OSB
- João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, TOR
- Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, TOR, appointed Archbishop of Braga
- Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho
- Romualdo de Souza Coelho
- José Affonso de Moraes Torres, CM
- Antônio de Macedo Costa, appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Jerônimo Tomé da Silva, appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão, Appointed Bishop of Alagôas
- Francisco do Rego Maia
- José Marcondes Homem de Melo
Archbishops of Belém do Pará
- José Marcondes Homem de Melo
- Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho, appointed Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
- João Irineu Joffily
- Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, SDB, appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
- Jaime de Barros Câmara, appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos
- Vicente Joaquim Zico, CM
- Orani João Tempesta, OCist, appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Alberto Taveira Corrêa
- Júlio Endi Akamine
Coadjutor Bishops
- Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P.
- Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M.
- Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.
Auxiliary Bishops
- Milton Corrêa Pereira, appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
- Tadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost, O.F.M.
- Alano Maria Pena, O.P., appointed Coadjutor Prelate of Marabá, Para
- Carlos Verzeletti, appointed Bishop of Castanhal, Para
- Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp., appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para
- Irineu Roman, C.S.I., appointed Archbishop of Santarém, Para
- Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B.
Another priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos, appointed Bishop of Amazonas in 1948; later returned here as Archbishop.