Diocese of Castanhal, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Castanhal / Castagnalen(sis) de Pará (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belém do Pará

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 27 (2011)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2004.12.29: Established as Diocese of Castanhal / Castagnalen(sis) de Pará (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and Diocese of Bragança do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.12.29 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Verzeletti (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Castanhal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Verzeletti (74)
(2004.12.29 – ...)

Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil)

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Born:	1950.09.08 (Trenzano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1976.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.07.28

Priest of Brescia (Italy) (1976.06.12 – 1996.05.15)

Titular Bishop of Tepelta (1996.05.15 – 2004.12.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1996.05.15 – 2004.12.29)

Bishop of Castanhal (Brazil) (2004.12.29 – ...)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Santa Maria Mãe de Deus, Castanhal, Pará
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (56)

Abaetetuba (↙), Belém do Pará (←), Bragança do Pará (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,338 km²

Population: 668,000 Catholics (81.4% of 820,653 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 53 priests (39 diocesan, 14 religious), 106 deacons, 93 religious (14 brothers, 79 sisters), 41 seminarians

Diocese of

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