Bishopric of Obidos
| Bishopric of Obidos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Santarém |
| Diocesan bishop | Johannes Bahlmann OFM |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 182,147 km² |
| Parishes | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 224,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 183,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 81.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,536 |
| Friars | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Cathedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Sant'Ana, Óbidos, Pará |
| Website | http://diocesedeobidos.blogspot.com/ |
The Diocese of Óbidos ( Latin Dioecesis Obidensis , Portuguese Diocese de Óbidos ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in Óbidos in the Brazilian state of Pará .
history
The diocese was founded in 1957 as a territorial prelature from the then territorial prelature of Santarém as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará . It lies on the Amazon over the equator and is ten times the size of the Münster diocese , which is helping to build the diocese. On November 9, 2011, the territorial prelature was raised to the rank of diocese. Pope Francis made the diocese subject to the Archdiocese of Santarém as a suffragan diocese on November 6, 2019.
A diocesan partnership with the German diocese of Würzburg has existed since December 2, 2012 .
Ordinaries
- 1957–1972 João Floriano Loewenau OFM
- 1973–1976 Constantino José Lüers OFM, later Bishop of Penedo , Alagoas
- 1976-2009 Martinho Lammers OFM
- 2009− Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann OFM
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ristrutturazione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Belém do Pará (Brasile). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 6, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019 (Italian).
- ↑ Information on the partnership website