Territorial Prelature of Marajó, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1928.04.14: Established as Territorial Prelature of Marajó / Maraien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
Contact Info
Address: Cúria Prelatícia, Terceira Rua 1428, 68870-000 Soure, PA, Brazil
Phone: (091)3741-1333
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Prelates of Marajó (Roman Rite) |
|---|
 Bishop José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. (62) (2023.11.03 – ...)Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil)Estou em meio a vós como aquele que serveBorn:1962.03.09 (Araci, BA, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1992.01.19Consecrated Bishop:2017.07.16Bishop-Prelate of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (2017.04.19 – 2023.11.03)Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (2023.11.03 – ...) |
| Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M. (65) (2016.06.01 – 2023.01.25)Bishop of Roraima (Brazil)Avança para águas profundasBorn:1959.03.29 (Gaspar, SC, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1984.05.19Consecrated Bishop:2016.08.06Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (2016.06.01 – 2023.01.25)Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (2023.01.25 – ...) |
 Bishop José Luís Azcona Hermoso, O.A.R. (84) (1987.02.16 – 2016.06.01)Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Marajó (Brazil)In nomine DominiBorn:1940.03.28 (Pamplona, Spain)Ordained Priest:1963.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1987.04.05Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (1987.02.16 – 2016.06.01) |
| Bishop Alquilio Alvarez Diez, O.A.R. (1965.05.06 – 1985.11.03)Born:1919.07.11 (Spain)Ordained Priest:1944.10.10Consecrated Bishop:1967.09.03Died:1985.11.03 († 66)Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (1965.05.06 – 1985.11.03)Titular Bishop of Iunca in Mauretania (1967.06.13 – 1978.05.26) |
| Bishop Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. (1943.01.09 – 1965.04.07)Born:1894.04.24 (Spain)Ordained Priest:1919.03.15Consecrated Bishop:1943.07.11Died:1982.05.12 († 88)Apostolic Administrator of Marajó (Brazil) (1930 – 1943.01.09)Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil) (1943.01.09 – 1965.04.07)Titular Bishop of Pogla (1943.01.09 – 1982.05.12) |
| Fr. Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. (later Bishop) (Apostolic Administrator 1930 – 1943.01.09) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 86,477 km²
Population: 213,480 Catholics (55.4% of 385,550 total)
Pastoral Centres: 10 parishes
Personnel: 29 priests (18 diocesan, 11 religious), 28 religious (11 brothers, 17 sisters), 4 seminarians