Diocese of

Abaetetuba

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Abaetetuba / Abaëtetuben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belém do Pará

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cametá (↙), Ponta de Pedras (↖), Belém do Pará (↗), Castanhal (↗), Bragança do Pará (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.11.25: Established as Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins / Abaëtien(sis) ad Tocantinsum (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1981.08.04: Promoted as Diocese of Abaetetuba / Abaëtetuben(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.07.03 – ...):

Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Abaetetuba (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis (63)
(2013.07.03 – ...)

Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil)

Em missão com a mãe de Deus

Born:	1962.11.21 (Oeiras do Pará, PA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.10.05

Priest of Cametá (Brazil) (1996.11.21 – 2013.07.03)

Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil) (2013.07.03 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Cametá (Brazil) (2022.05.03 – 2023.04.12)

Bishop Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (71)
(1997.10.08 – 2012.09.19)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil)

Que todos se sintam amados por Deus

Born:	1954.06.05 (Murello, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1981.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.12.08

Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil) (1997.10.08 – 2012.09.19)

Bishop of Santarém (Brazil) (2012.09.19 – 2018.09.19)

Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul (Brazil) (2018.09.19 – ...)

Bishop Angelo Frosi, S.X.
(1981.08.04 – 1995.06.28)

Fides et caritas

Born:	1924.01.31 (San Bassano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1948.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.05.01
Died:	1995.06.28 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 71)

Titular Bishop of Magnetum (1970.02.02 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins (Brazil) (1970.02.02 – 1981.08.04)

Bishop of Abaetetuba (Brazil) (1981.08.04 – 1995.06.28)

Prelates of Abaeté do Tocantins (Roman Rite)

Bishop Angelo Frosi, S.X.
(1970.02.02 – 1981.08.04)

(see above)

Bishop Giovanni Gazza
(1962.11.12 – 1966.09.19)

Born:	1924.07.19 (Parma, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1949.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.12.08
Died:	1998.12.06 (Parma, Italy † 74)

Bishop-Prelate of Abaeté do Tocantins (Brazil) (1962.11.12 – 1966.09.19)

Titular Bishop of Circesium (1962.11.12 – 1980.11.24)

Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (1980.11.24 – 1993.03.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Abaetetuba, Pará
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (19)

Cametá (↙), Ponta de Pedras (↖), Belém do Pará (↗), Castanhal (↗), Bragança do Pará (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,266 km²

Population: 335,132 Catholics (49.5% of 677,325 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 31 priests (27 diocesan, 4 religious), 21 deacons, 24 religious (4 brothers, 20 sisters), 17 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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