Diocese of Macapá
Macapen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Macapá, Brazil
The Diocese of Macapá is a Latin rite diocese covering Amapá state, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1949 and elevated to a diocese in 1980, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará. Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B., became bishop on December 18, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1949
- Latin
- Macapen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph (São José)
- Annuario code
- 001002085
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 508,070
- Population
- 774,268
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 65.6%
- Priests
- 57
- Catholics per priest
- 8,914
- Extent
- 148,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.4
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
- Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B.
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 São José stands in Macapá, 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:
- Diocese of AbaetetubaAbaetetuba
- Archdiocese of Belém do ParáBelém do Pará
- Diocese of Bragança do ParáBragança do Pará
- Diocese of CametáCametá
- Diocese of CastanhalCastanhal
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Macapá is the seat of this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Macapensis), 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.