Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Belém do Pará

Brazil Brazil

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Belém do Pará / Belemen(sis) de Pará (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Abaetetuba, Bragança do Pará, Cametá, Castanhal, Macapá, Marabá, Ponta de Pedras, Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Marajó

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora de Belém (September 1)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 30 (1892)

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2009.12.30 – ...):Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (74)Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (74)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.06.28 – ...):Bishop Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B. (58)Bishop Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B. (58)

Titular Bishop of Babra

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.02.01 – ...):Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X. (51)Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X. (51)

Titular Bishop of Altava

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Belém do Pará (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (74)Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (74)
(2009.12.30 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil)

Pro Mundi Vita

Born:1950.05.26 (Nova Lima, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1973.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1991.07.06

Priest of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1973.08.15 – 1991.04.24)

Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa (1991.04.24 – 1996.03.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1991.04.24 – 1996.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palmas (Brazil) (1996.03.27 – 2009.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (2009.12.30 – ...)

Cardinal Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (74)Archbishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. (74) (later Cardinal)
(2004.10.13 – 2009.02.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde
Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:1950.06.23 (São José do Rio Pardo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1974.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1997.04.25
Created Cardinal:2014.02.22

Bishop of Rio Preto (Brazil) (1997.02.26 – 2002.12.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Claraval (Brazil) (1999.03.24 – 2002.12.11)

Bishop of São José do Rio Preto (Brazil) (2002.12.11 – 2004.10.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (2004.10.13 – 2009.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2009.02.27 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Madre della Provvidenza a Monte Verde (2014.02.22 [2014.04.12] – ...)

Archbishop Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M.
(1990.07.04 – 2004.10.13)

Cum Maria Matre Jesu

Born:1927.01.27 (Luz, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.22
Consecrated Bishop:1981.01.06
Died:2015.05.04 (Belém, PA, Brazil † 88)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1980.12.05 – 1990.07.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1990.07.04 – 2004.10.13)

Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos
(1957.05.09 – 1990.07.04)

Semper inhærere mandatis

Born:1915.03.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1939.10.01
Consecrated Bishop:1949.01.01
Died:1991.11.26 († 76)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1957.05.09 – 1990.07.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (1963 – 1965.04.29)

Archbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas
(1944.09.10 – 1956.10.23)

Sentire cum Ecclesia

Born:1903.08.04 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1925.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:1938.10.30
Died:1968.02.23 († 64)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1938.05.26 – 1944.09.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1944.09.10 – 1956.10.23)

Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus (1956.10.23 – 1959.06.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1956.10.23 – 1959.06.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Paraíba (Brazil) (1959.06.20 – 1965.05.18)

Titular Archbishop of Gibba (1965.05.18 – 1968.02.23)

Archbishop Jaime de Barros Câmara (later Cardinal)
(1941.09.15 – 1943.07.03)

Ignem veni mittere

Born:1894.07.03 (São José, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1920.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:1936.02.02
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1971.02.18 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil † 76)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1935.12.19 – 1941.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1941.09.15 – 1943.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1943.07.03 – 1971.02.18)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1946.02.22 – 1971.02.18)

Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil) (1950.11.06 – 1963.11.09)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1951.11.14 – 1971.02.18)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1958 – 1964)

Venerable Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, S.D.B.
(1931.07.10 – 1941.07.19)

Sub umbra alarum tuarum

Born:1886.02.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1912.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:1925.02.11
Died:1974.08.15 († 88)

Bishop of Uberaba (Brazil) (1924.07.04 – 1928.12.17)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1928.12.17 – 1931.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1931.07.10 – 1941.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1941.07.19 – 1963.02.16)

Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus (1963.02.16 – 1971.03.16)

Archbishop and religious of Salesians of Saint John Bosco (Salesians).

Archbishop João Irineu Joffily
(1924.03.27 – 1931.05.01)

In Domino confido

Born:1878.05.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1901.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:1915.06.13
Died:1950.04.25 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Sufetula (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1916.05.04 – 1924.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1931.05.01)

Titular Archbishop of Anasartha (1931.05.01 – 1950.04.25)

Archbishop Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho
(1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19)

Dominus fortitudo mea

Born:1868.12.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1891.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1907.03.19
Died:1939.01.10 († 70)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)

Archbishop José Marcondes Homem de Melo
(1906.05.01 – 1906.12.06)

Non recuso laborem

Born:1860.09.13 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1883.03.11
Consecrated Bishop:1906.06.29
Died:1937.10.15 († 77)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.04.26 – 1906.05.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.05.01 – 1906.12.06)

Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais antea Syis (1906.12.06 – 1908.08.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of São Carlos do Pinhal (Brazil) (1908.08.09 – 1937.10.15)

Bishops of Belém do Pará (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect José Marcondes Homem de Melo (later Archbishop)
(1906.04.26 – 1906.05.01)

(see above)

Bishop Francisco do Rego Maia (later Archbishop)
(1901.06.05 – 1906.04.03)

Deus meus et omnia

Born:1849.09.29 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1872.02.04
Consecrated Bishop:1893.11.26
Died:1928.02.04 († 78)

Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1893.09.12 – 1901.06.05)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1901.06.05 – 1906.04.03)

Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis (1906.04.03 – 1928.02.04)

Bishop Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão
(1894.09.07 – 1901.06.05)

Born:1849.08.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1874.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1894.11.18
Died:1910.03.15 († 60)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1894.09.07 – 1901.06.05)

Bishop of Alagôas (Brazil) (1901.06.05 – 1910.03.15)

Bishop Jerônimo Tomé da Silva (later Archbishop)
(1890.06.26 – 1893.09.12)

Born:1849.06.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1872.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:1890.10.26
Died:1924.02.15 († 74)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1890.06.26 – 1893.09.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1893.09.12 – 1924.02.15)

Bishop Antônio de Macedo Costa (later Archbishop)
(1860.12.17 – 1890.06.26)

Crux signum crux virtus crux et sapientia

Born:1830.08.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1857.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:1861.04.21
Died:1891.03.20 († 60)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1860.12.17 – 1890.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1890.06.26 – 1891.03.20)

Bishop José Affonso de Moraes Torres, C.M.
(1844.01.22 – 1857.09.24)

Born:1805.01.23 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1828.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:1844.04.21
Died:1865.11.19 († 60)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1844.01.22 – 1857.09.24)

Bishop Romualdo de Souza Coelho
(1820.08.28 – 1841.02.15)

Born:1762.02.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1785.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:1821.04.01
Died:1841.02.15 († 79)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1820.08.28 – 1841.02.15)

Bishop Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho
(1790.06.21 – 1818.06.30)

Born:1747.01.01 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1773.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1790.08.15
Died:1818.06.30 († 71)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1790.06.21 – 1818.06.30)

Bishop Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, T.O.R. (later Archbishop)
(1782.12.16 – 1790.03.29)

Born:1740.09.11 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1764.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1783.02.02
Died:1805.12.15 († 65)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1782.12.16 – 1790.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1790.03.29 – 1805.12.15)

Bishop João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, T.O.R.
(1771.06.17 – 1782.05.14)

Born:1708.08.23 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1732.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1771.10.28
Died:1782.05.14 († 73)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1771.06.17 – 1782.05.14)

Bishop João de São José de Queiroz da Silveira, O.S.B.
(1760.03.24 – 1763.11.25)

Born:1711.08.05 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1734.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:1760.05.10
Died:1764.08.15 († 53)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1760.03.24 – 1763.11.25)

Bishop Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P.
(1748.05.18 – 1760.03.24)

Born:1706 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:1730.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:1746.06.29
Died:1779.09.14 († 72)

Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia) (1746.03.28 – 1747.12.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1747.12.08 – 1748.05.18)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1748.05.18 – 1760.03.24)

Bishop of Leiria (Portugal) (1760.03.24 – 1779.09.14)

Bishop Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha
(1738.09.03 – 1748.05.18)

Born:1686.12.28 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1716.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:1738.12.14
Died:1751.12.15 († 64)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1738.09.03 – 1748.05.18)

Bishop Bartolomeu do Pilar, O. Carm.
(1720.03.04 – 1733.04.09)

Born:1667.09.21 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:1720.12.22
Died:1733.04.09 († 65)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1720.03.04 – 1733.04.09)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (95)

Abaetetuba (↙), Ponta de Pedras (←), Marajó (↖), Castanhal (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,082 km²

Population: 2,254,100 Catholics (74.8% of 3,014,965 total)

Pastoral Centres: 103 parishes, 7 missions

Personnel: 222 priests (133 diocesan, 89 religious), 266 deacons, 528 religious (161 brothers, 367 sisters), 85 seminarians

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