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Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

Belemen(sis) de Pará

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Belém do Pará, Brazil

The Archdiocese of Belém do Pará is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Pará, Brazil, founded as a diocese in 1720 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1906. Its current metropolitan archbishop, since August 2025, is Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
4 March 1720
Latin
Belemen(sis) de Pará
Patron
Our Lady of Grace (Nossa Senhora das Graças)
Annuario code
001000870

The see in figures

Catholics
2,254,100
Population
3,014,965
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
74.8%
Priests
222
Catholics per priest
10,154
Extent
2,082 km²
Catholics per km²
1,083

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

Archbishop
Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.

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

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace stands in Belém do Pará, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Seated in the Brazilian city of Belém, this archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará) extends over 3,566,079 square kilometres (1,376,871 mi2) and is organized into 80 parishes. Its territory takes in the municipalities of Belém, Ananindeua, Benevides, Marituba, and Santa Bárbara do Pará.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.