Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

The Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Latin: Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará ) is a located in Brazil Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Belém in Pará.

History

The Diocese of Belém do Pará was posted on March 4, 1720 by Pope Clement XI. built with the Papal Bull Copiosus in Misericordia cessions of territory of the Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão and the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is a suffragan. On May 1, 1906, the Diocese of Belém do Pará was elevated by Pope Pius X with the Papal Bull Sempiternum humani generis to an archbishopric. The Archdiocese had in its history several times parts of its territory from the creation of new dioceses.

Bishops

Bishops of Belém do Pará

  • Bartolomeu do Pilar O. Carm, 1720-1733
  • Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha, 1738-1748
  • Miguel de Souza e Bulhões OP, 1748-1760, then Bishop of Leiria
  • João de São José da Silveira de Queiroz OSB, 1760-1763
  • João Evangelista Pereira da Silva TOR, 1771-1782
  • Cayetano As Annunciação Brandão TOR, 1782-1790, then Archbishop of Braga
  • Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho, 1790-1818
  • Romualdo de Souza Coelho, 1820-1841
  • José Affonso de Moraes CM Torres, 1844-1857
  • Antônio de Macedo Costa, 1860-1890, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
  • Jerónimo Thomé da Silva, 1890-1893, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
  • Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão, 1894-1901, then Bishop of Alagoas
  • Francisco do Rego Maia, 1901-1906
  • José Marcondes Homem de Melo, 1906

Archbishops of Belém do Pará

  • José Marcondes Homem de Melo, 1906
  • Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho, 1906-1923, then Archbishop of Maceió
  • João Irineu Joffily, 1924-1931
  • Antônio de Almeida Lustosa SDB, 1931-1941, then Archbishop of Fortaleza
  • Jaime de Barros Câmara, 1941-1943, then Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Mário de Miranda Villas -Boas, 1944-1956, then Koadjutorerzbischof of São Salvador da Bahia
  • Alberto Ramos Gaudêncio, 1957-1990
  • Vicente Joaquim Zico CM, 1990-2004
  • Orani Tempesta OCist, 2004-2009
  • Alberto Taveira Corrêa, since 2009
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