Diocese of

Óbidos

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Óbidos / Obiden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santarém

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Anne (July 26)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.04.10: Established as Territorial Prelature of Óbidos / Obiden(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Prelature of Santarém and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
2011.11.09: Promoted as Diocese of Óbidos / Obiden(sis) (Latin)
2019.11.06: Became suffragan of Santarém

Contact Info

Address: Residência Episcopal, Praça Frei Rogério 239, 68250-000 Óbidos, PA, Brazil

Phone: (093)3547-1296

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.11.09 – ...):

Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Óbidos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (64)
(2011.11.09 – ...)

Bishop of Óbidos (Brazil)

A todos vida plena

Born:	1960.12.10 (Visbek, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1997.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.09

Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (2009.01.28 – 2011.11.09)

Bishop of Óbidos (Brazil) (2011.11.09 – ...)

Prelates of Óbidos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M. (64)
(2009.01.28 – 2011.11.09)

(see above)

Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (85)
(1976.07.19 – 2009.01.28)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Óbidos (Brazil)

Adjutor gaudii vestri

Born:	1939.12.22 (Nienborg, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.10.04

Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1976.07.19 – 2009.01.28)

Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M.
(1973.04.13 – 1976.03.24)

In gratia et veritate

Born:	1916.04.22 (Holtrup, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1941.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.17
Died:	1997.07.02 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Valliposita (1973.04.13 – 1976.03.24)

Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1973.04.13 – 1976.03.24)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil) (1976.03.24 – 1994.01.26)

Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M.
(1957.09.12 – 1972)

Born:	1912.05.24 (Snopken, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1937.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1950.11.26
Died:	1979.06.04 († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1950.09.08 – 1957.09.12)

Titular Bishop of Drivastum (1950.09.08 – 1979.06.04)

Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1957.09.12 – 1972)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Sant’Ana, Óbidos, Pará

Churches by City (44)

Parintins (↙), Itacoatiara (↖), Roraima (↖), Georgetown (↖), Paramaribo (↑), Santarém (↘), Itaituba (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 182,147 km²

Population: 210,000 Catholics (65.6% of 320,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 32 priests (14 diocesan, 18 religious), 2 deacons, 53 religious (25 brothers, 28 sisters), 10 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.11.12

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