Diocese of Marabá, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Marabá / Maraben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belém do Pará

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro

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History

1969.12.20: Established as Territorial Prelature of Marabá / Maraben(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1976.03.27: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Marabá / Maraben(sis) (Latin)
2019.11.06: Gained territory from Territorial Prelature of Xingu and lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Alto Xingu–Tucumã

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.10.10 – ...):

Bishop Vital Corbellini (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Marabá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vital Corbellini (65)
(2012.10.10 – ...)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil)

Dar a vida

Born:	1959.12.01 (Garibaldi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1986.12.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.11.30

Priest of Caxias do Sul (Brazil) (1986.12.28 – 2012.10.10)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (2012.10.10 – ...)

Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012 – 2012.10.10)

Bishop José Foralosso, S.D.B.
(2000.01.12 – 2012.04.25)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1938.03.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.02.15
Died:	2012.08.22 († 74)

Bishop of Guiratinga (Brazil) (1991.11.20 – 2000.01.12)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (2000.01.12 – 2012.04.25)

Fr. Robert Bruce Heit, O.M.I.
(Apostolic Administrator 1998 – 2000.01.12)

Bishop José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (93)
(1990.04.18 – 1998.11.11)

Bishop emeritus of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil)

Servir - Não ser servido

Born:	1931.06.10 (Poconé, MT, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1958.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.29

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1990.04.18 – 1998.11.11)

Bishop of São Luiz de Cáceres (Brazil) (1998.11.11 – 2008.07.23)

Bishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1985.12.08 – 1989.03.15)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1925.06.23 (Tuparendi, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1951.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.03.02
Died:	2014.05.13 († 88)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1985.12.08 – 1989.03.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1989.03.15 – 1991.07.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1991.07.17 – 2001.02.07)

Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (89) (later Archbishop)
(1979.10.16 – 1985.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niterói (Brazil)

Ut unum Sint

Born:	1935.10.07 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1961.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.05.25

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1975.04.07 – 1976.07.14)

Titular Bishop of Vardimissa (1975.04.07 – 1978.05.26)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.07.14 – 1976.11.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16)

Bishop of Marabá (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1985.07.11)

Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1985.07.11 – 1993.11.24)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil) (1993.11.24 – 2003.09.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil) (2003.09.24 – 2011.11.30)

Prelates of Marabá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (89) (later Archbishop)
(1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P.
(1969.12.20 – 1976.11.10)

Born:	1896.05.10 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1925.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.05.13
Died:	1981.08.21 († 85)

Apostolic Administrator of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil) (1948.01.02 – 1951.02.20)

Bishop-Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Brazil) (1951.02.20 – 1969.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Lunda (1951.02.20 – 1981.08.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Marabá (Brazil) (1969.12.20 – 1976.11.10)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (89) (later Archbishop) (1976.07.14 – 1976.11.10)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. (1971.08.06 – 1976.03.27)