Archdiocese of Santarém
Santaremen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santarém, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Santarem is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Para state, northern Brazil. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1903, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 6 November 2019 and has suffragans including Obidos, Xingu-Altamira, Alto Xingu-Tucuma, and Itaituba.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 September 1903
- Latin
- Santaremen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002958
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 316,500
- Population
- 447,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.8%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 4,110
- Extent
- 171,906 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Irineu Roman
- Born
- 10 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Vista Alegre do Prata
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI S. GIUSEPPE (GIUSEPPINI DEL MURIALDO)
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Santarém, 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 Santarem
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItaitubaItaituba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Brazil, Santarém (Latin: Dioecesis Santaremensis) served as a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará until 6 November 2019. Its cathedral, the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, stands in the city of Santarém, Brazil.
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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.