Roman Catholic Diocese of SantÃssima Conceição do Araguaia
The diocese Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Latin Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaya ) is a location in Brazil Roman Catholic diocese based in Conceição do Araguaia in the state of Pará.
History
The diocese Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia was posted on March 27, 1976 by Pope Paul VI. built out of territory of Territorialprälaturen Cristalândia and Marabá as Territorialprälatur Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará assumed as suffragan. On October 16, 1979, the Conceição do Araguaia Territorialprälatur Santíssima was elevated by Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Bull Cum Praelaturae to the diocese.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar OP, 1976-1978, then Bishop of Uberlândia
- Patrício José Hanrahan CSsR, 1979
Bishops of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Patrício José Hanrahan CSsR, 1979-1993
- Pedro José Conti, 1995-2004, then Bishop of Macapa
- Dominique You, since 2006
Pictures of Roman Catholic Diocese of SantÃssima Conceição do Araguaia
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