Diocese of Cametá, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cametá / Cametanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belém do Pará

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1952.11.29: Established as Territorial Prelature of Cametá / Cametanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
2013.02.06: Promoted as Diocese of Cametá / Cametanen(sis) (Latin)

Contact Info

Address: Residência Episcopal, Estr. Côn. Siqueira 1653, 68400-000 Cametá, PA, Brazil

Phone: (091)3781-1157

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.12 – ...):

Bishop Ivanildo Oliveira Almeida (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cametá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ivanildo Oliveira Almeida (52)
(2023.04.12 – ...)

Bishop of Cametá (Brazil)

Ecce exiit qui seminat seminare

Born:	1972.03.25 (Arame, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	2001.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.06.17

Priest of Imperatriz (Brazil) (2001.12.22 – 2023.04.12)

Bishop of Cametá (Brazil) (2023.04.12 – ...)

Bishop José Maria Chaves dos Reis (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.05.03 – 2023.04.12)

Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (62)
(2017.09.27 – 2022.03.09)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

Escuta, aprende e anuncia com alegria, esperança e caridade

Born:	1962.11.30 (Ipixuna, AM, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.12.16

Bishop of Cametá (Brazil) (2017.09.27 – 2022.03.09)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (2022.03.09 – ...)

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (73)
(2013.02.06 – 2016.08.17)

Bishop emeritus of Bragança do Pará (Brazil)

Pax et Fides

Born:	1952.01.06 (Valtierra, Navarra, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.05.07

Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil) (2000.02.23 – 2013.02.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Marabá (Brazil) (2012 – 2012.10.10)

Bishop of Cametá (Brazil) (2013.02.06 – 2016.08.17)

Bishop of Bragança do Pará (Brazil) (2016.08.17 – 2024.05.15)

Prelates of Cametá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (73)
(2000.02.23 – 2013.02.06)

(see above)

Bishop José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M.
(1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29)

Evangelizare pauperibus

Born:	1926.04.28 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.07.25
Died:	2006.10.31 († 80)

Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil) (1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29)

Bishop Cornélio Veerman, C.M.
(1961.02.27 – 1969.08.08)

Born:	1908.11.06 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1935.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.05.22
Died:	1994.09.12 († 85)

Apostolic Administrator of Cametá (Brazil) (1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Cametá (Brazil) (1961.02.27 – 1969.08.08)

Titular Bishop of Numida (1961.02.27 – 1970.11.30)

Fr. Cornélio Veerman, C.M. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral São João Batista, Cametá, Pará

Churches by City (30)

Xingu–Altamira (↙), Marajó (←), Ponta de Pedras (↑), Abaetetuba (↗), Bragança do Pará (↘), Marabá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 48,310 km²

Population: 412,000 Catholics (73.7% of 559,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 31 priests (26 diocesan, 5 religious), 18 deacons, 32 religious (8 brothers, 24 sisters), 14 seminarians