Diocese of Abaetetuba
Abaëtetuben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abaetetuba, Brazil
The Diocese of Abaetetuba is a Latin Church diocese in the state of Pará, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará. It originated as the Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins in 1961 and was elevated to a diocese on August 4, 1981.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1981
- Latin
- Abaëtetuben(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001000582
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 334,438
- Population
- 669,878
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.9%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 10,134
- Extent
- 28,256 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- José Maria Chaves dos Reis
- Born
- 23 January 1956
- Birthplace
- Orense
- Institute
- PIA SOCIETÀ DI SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE (SAVERIANI) (S.X.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Abaetetuba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Belém do Pará
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Belém do Pará.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Belém do ParáBelém do Pará
- Diocese of Bragança do ParáBragança do Pará
- Diocese of CametáCametá
- Diocese of CastanhalCastanhal
- Diocese of MacapáMacapá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Brazilian city of Abaetetuba is the seat of this diocese, Dioecesis Abaëtetubensis in Latin, part of the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.