Diocese of Castanhal
Castagnalen(sis) de Pará
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Castanhal, Brazil
Diocese of Castanhal in Pará, Brazil, established in 2004 from territory of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and the Diocese of Bragança do Pará. Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho was appointed in March 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 2004
- Latin
- Castagnalen(sis) de Pará
- Patron
- Santa Maria Mãe de Deus (Mary, Mother of God)
- Annuario code
- 001001075
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 668,000
- Population
- 820,653
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.4%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 12,604
- Extent
- 14,338 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho
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 de Santa Maria Mãe de Deus stands in Castanhal, 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 Belém do Pará.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AbaetetubaAbaetetuba
- Archdiocese of Belém do ParáBelém do Pará
- Diocese of Bragança do ParáBragança do Pará
- Diocese of CametáCametá
- Diocese of MacapáMacapá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Castanhal hosts a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Castagnalensis de Pará) within the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.
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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.