Diocese of Castanhal, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

2004.12.29: Established as Diocese of Castanhal / Castagnalen(sis) de Pará (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and Diocese of Bragança do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)

Bishop (2004.12.29 – ...):	Bishop Carlos Verzeletti (73)

Area: 14,338 km²

Population: 668,000 Catholics (81.4% of 820,653 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (39 diocesan, 14 religious), 106 deacons, 93 religious (14 brothers, 79 sisters), 41 seminarians