Diocese of Abaetetuba
| Diocese of Abaetetuba | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará |
| Diocesan bishop | José Maria Chaves dos Reis |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 28,256 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 603,788 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 365,775 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 60.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10.160 |
| Friars | 17 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 22 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição Peri |
The Diocese of Abaetetuba (Latin Dioecesis Abaëtetubensis , Portuguese Diocese de Abaetetuba ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Abaetetuba in the State of Pará .
history
The diocese Abaetetuba was on November 25, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem novae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as the territorial prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins . The territorial prelature Abaeté do Tocantins was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan .
On August 4, 1981, the territorial prelature Abaeté do Tocantins was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Qui ad Beatissimi .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Abaeté do Tocantins
- João Gazza SX , 1962–1966, then Superior General of the Xaverian Missionaries
- Angelo Frosi SX, 1970-1981
Bishops of Abaetetuba
- Angelo Frosi SX, 1981-1995
- Flávio Giovenale SDB , 1997–2012, then Bishop of Santarém
- José Maria Chaves dos Reis , since 2013
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Quandoquidem novae , AAS 54 (1962), n.13, p. 763f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Qui ad Beatissimi , AAS 74 (1982), n.2, pp. 191f.