Territorial Prelature of Marajó, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Marajó / Maraien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belém do Pará

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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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

Bishop-Prelate (2023.11.03 – ...):

Bishop José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. (63)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Marajó (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. (63)
(2023.11.03 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Marajó (Brazil)

Estou em meio a vós como aquele que serve

Born:	1962.03.09 (Araci, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.01.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.07.16

Bishop-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 profundas

Born:	1959.03.29 (Gaspar, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.06

Bishop-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.
(1987.02.16 – 2016.06.01)

In nomine Domini

Born:	1940.03.28 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.04.05
Died:	2024.11.20 (Belém, PA, Brazil † 84)

Bishop-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:	1944.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.03
Died:	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:	1919.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.07.11
Died:	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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora da Consolação, Soure, Pará

Churches by City (15)

Xingu–Altamira (↙), Macapá (←), Belém do Pará (↘), Ponta de Pedras (↓), Cametá (↓)

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