Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Brazil

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)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1720.03.04: Established as Diocese of Belém do Pará / Belemen(sis) de Pará (Latin) (from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of Lisboa Ocidental)
1828.06.05: Became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia
1892.04.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Amazonas
1903.09.21: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santarém
1906.05.01: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará / Belemen(sis) de Pará (Latin) (with suffragan sees Amazonas, Piaui, São Luís do Maranhão and Santarém)
1911.07.18: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and gained suffragan see Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
1919.10.04: Gained suffragan see Acre e Purus
1920.06.18: Gained suffragan see Bom Jesus do Piauí
1922.02.10: Lost suffragan sees São Luís do Maranhão, Piaui and Bom Jesus do Piauí
1925.05.01: Gained suffragan sees Lábrea, Porto Velho and Rio Negro
1928.04.14: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Gurupi and Territorial Prelature of Marajó and gained suffragan sees Gurupi and Marajó
1929.03.01: Gained suffragan see Guajará-Mirim
1931.05.22: Gained suffragan see Juruá
1934.08.16: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Xingu and gained suffragan see Xingu
1944.08.30: Gained suffragan see Rio Branco
1949.02.01: Gained suffragan see Macapá
1950.08.11: Gained suffragan sees Alto Solimões and Tefé
1952.02.16: Lost suffragan sees Amazonas, Guajará-Mirim, Juruá, Lábrea, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Rio Negro, São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus and Tefé
1952.11.29: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Cametá and gained suffragan see Cametá
1957.04.10: Gained suffragan see Óbidos
1961.11.25: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins and gained suffragan see Abaeté do Tocantins
1963.06.25: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras and gained suffragan see Ponta de Pedras
1969.12.20: Lost suffragan see Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and gained suffragan see Marabá
1976.03.27: Gained suffragan see Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
1988.07.06: Gained suffragan see Itaituba
1991.08.14: Lost suffragan see Alto Solimões
2004.12.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Castanhal and gained suffragan see Castanhal
2019.11.06: Lost suffragan sees Óbidos, Santarém, Itaituba and Xingu

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1980.07)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2009.12.30 – ...):	Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa (74)
Auxiliary Bishop (2017.06.28 – ...):	Bishop Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B. (58) Titular Bishop of Babra
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.02.01 – ...):	Bishop Paolo Andreolli, S.X. (51) Titular Bishop of Altava

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Belém do Pará (Roman Rite)

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 – ...)

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

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. (1980.12.05 – 1990.07.04)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P. (1747.12.08 – 1748.05.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Irineu Roman, C.S.I. (66) (later Archbishop) (2014.01.08 – 2019.11.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (60) (2011.02.16 – 2015.06.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Verzeletti (74) (1996.05.15 – 2004.12.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (88) (later Archbishop) (1975.04.07 – 1976.07.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tadeu Henrique Prost, O.F.M. (1962.08.23 – 1992.03.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (later Archbishop) (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)