Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá
The Diocese of Cametá (Latin: Cametanensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin diocese in northern Brazil's Pará state.
Diocese of Cametá Dioecesis Cametanensis Diocese de Cametá | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Belém do Pará |
| Metropolitan | Belém do Pará |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 47,758 km2 (18,439 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2012) 459,000 348,000 (75.8%) |
| Parishes | 10 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 29 November 1952 (68 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Cametá |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Alberto Taveira Corrêa |
Its cathedral episcopal see, Catedral São João Batista (Sant John the Baptist), is in the city of Cametá. It's a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará
History
On November 29, 1952, the Territorial Prelature of Cametá was established on territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, its present Metropolitan.
On February 6, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI promoted the Territorial Prelature to Diocese, and named its last Prelate, Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., as the first Bishop.[1]
Bishops
(all Roman rite)
Ordinaries
- Territorial Prelates of Cametá
(all missionary members of Roman rite congregations)
- Apostolic Administrator Cornélio Veerman, Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists, Vincentians) (C.M.) ( 1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27 see below)
- Bishop-prelate Cornélio Veerman, C.M., Titular Bishop of Numida (1961.02.27 – 1970.11.30) (see above 1961.02.27 – 1969.08.08)
- Bishop-prelate José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. (1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29)
- Bishop-prelate Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (2000.02.23 – 2013.02.06 see below)
- Bishops of Cametá
- Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (see above 2013.02.06 - 2016.08.17)
- Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (2017.09.27 - ...)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- José Maria Chaves dos Reis, appointed Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para in 2013