Diocese of Bragança do Pará, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1928.04.14: Established as Territorial Prelature of Gurupi / Gurupen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
- 1934.02.03: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Guamá / Guamen(sis) (Latin)
- 1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Guamá / Guamen(sis) (Latin)
- 1981.10.13: Renamed as Diocese of Bragança do Pará / Brigantien(sis) de Para (Latin)
- 2004.12.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Castanhal
Present Prelates
| Bishop (2024.05.15 – ...): |  Bishop Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata (70) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Bragança do Pará (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata (70) (2024.05.15 – ...)Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)Evangelizar é minha missãoBorn:1954.03.31 (Icoaraci, PA, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1978.06.24Consecrated Bishop:2022.04.23Priest of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1978.06.24 – 2022.03.16)Coadjutor Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (2022.03.16 – 2024.05.15)Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (2024.05.15 – ...) |
 Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (72) (2016.08.17 – 2024.05.15)Bishop emeritus of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)Pax et FidesBorn:1952.01.06 (Valtierra, Navarra, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain)Ordained Priest:1976.06.26Consecrated Bishop:2000.05.07Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil) (2000.02.23 – 2013.02.06)Apostolic Administrator of Marabá (Brazil) (2012 – 2012.10.10)Bishop of Cametá (Brazil) (2013.02.06 – 2016.08.17)Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (2016.08.17 – 2024.05.15) |
| Bishop Luís Ferrando (Luigi Ferrando) (83) (1996.04.10 – 2016.08.17)Bishop emeritus of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)Fiat mihi secundum Verbum tuumBorn:1941.01.22 (Agazzano, Italy)Ordained Priest:1965.05.01Consecrated Bishop:1996.05.05Priest of Piacenza–Bobbio (Italy) (1965.05.01 – 1996.04.10)Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (1996.04.10 – 2016.08.17) |
| Bishop Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (1981.10.13 – 1996.04.10)In Spiritu SanctoBorn:1920.03.23 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1943.07.04Consecrated Bishop:1980.06.15Died:2010.12.26 († 90)Bishop of Guamá (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.13)Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (1981.10.13 – 1996.04.10) |
| Bishops of Guamá (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.13)(see above) |
| Prelates of Guamá (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. (1940.08.10 – 1977.02.05)Filiolis pax et gaudiumBorn:1900.02.09 (Italy)Ordained Priest:1924.03.15Consecrated Bishop:1940.10.13Died:1982.07.29 († 82)Bishop-Prelate of Guamá (Brazil) (1940.08.10 – 1977.02.05)Titular Bishop of Zama maior (1940.08.10 – 1982.07.29) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata (70) (2022.03.16 – 2024.05.15)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 69,084 km²
Population: 799,000 Catholics (70.7% of 1,130,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes
Personnel: 55 priests (44 diocesan, 11 religious), 27 deacons, 108 religious (11 brothers, 97 sisters), 22 seminarians