Diocese of Marabá
Diocese of Marabá | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Brazil |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará |
Diocesan bishop | Vital Corbellini |
founding | 1969 |
surface | 81,832 km² |
Parishes | 28 (November 6, 2019) |
Residents | 814,000 (November 6, 2019) |
Catholics | 450,000 (November 6, 2019) |
proportion of | 55.3% |
Diocesan priest | 31 (November 6, 2019) |
Religious priest | 16 (November 6, 2019) |
Catholics per priest | 9,574 |
Friars | 32 (November 6, 2019) |
Religious sisters | 37 (November 6, 2019) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Portuguese |
cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora Perpétuo do Socorro |
Website | http://www.diocesedemarilia.org.br/ |
The Diocese of Marabá ( Latin Dioecesis Marabensis , Portuguese Diocese de Marabá ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Marabá in the state of Pará .
history
The diocese of Marabá was established on July 18, 1911 by Pope Pius X from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as the territorial prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia . The territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan . On August 16, 1934, the territorial prelature Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia gave up parts of their territory to establish the territorial prelature Xingu . Another assignment of territory took place on May 13, 1969 to establish the territorial prelature of São Félix . The Territorial Prelature Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia changed its name to Territorial Prelature Marabá on December 20, 1969 . On March 27, 1976, the Territorial Prelature Marabá gave parts of their territory to the establishment of the Territorial Prelature Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia .
On October 16, 1979, the Territorial Prelature Marabá was raised to the diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Papal Bull Cum Praelaturae .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Raymond Dominique Carrerot OP , 1912–1920, then Bishop of Porto Nacional
- Sebastião Tomás OP, 1924-1945
- Luís António Palha Teixeira OP, 1951–1969
Prelates of Marabá
- Luís António Palha Teixeira OP, 1969–1976
- Alano Maria Pena OP, 1976-1979
Bishops of Marabá
- Alano Maria Pena OP, 1979–1985, then Bishop of Itapeva
- Altamiro Rossato CSsR , 1985–1989, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre
- José Vieira de Lima TOR , 1990–1998, then Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres
- José Foralosso SDS , 2000–2012
- Vital Corbellini , since 2012
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).