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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança do Pará (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis de Para) is a diocese located in the city of Bragança do Pará in the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

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History

  • 14 April 1928: Established as Territorial Prelature of Gurupi from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
  • 3 February 1934: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Guamá
  • 16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Guamá
  • 13 October 1981: Renamed as Diocese of Bragança do Pará

Bishops

  • Prelates of Guamá (Latin Rite)
    • Eliseu Maria Coroli, B. (10 August 1940 – 5 February 1977)
  • Bishops of Guamá (Latin Rite)
    • Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (21 April 1980 – 13 October 1981)
  • Bishops of Bragança do Pará (Latin Rite)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho, appointed Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas in 2018

Sources

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