Diocese of Marabá

Dioecesis Marabensis

Diocese de Marabá
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceBelém do Pará
MetropolitanBelém do Pará
Statistics
Area81,832 km2 (31,596 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
533,000
370,000 (69.4%)
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established20 December 1969 (54 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Marabá, Pará
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVital Corbellini
Metropolitan ArchbishopAlberto Taveira Corrêa

The Diocese of Marabá (Latin: Dioecesis Marabensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. Its episcopal see is Marabá. The Diocese of Marabá is in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries (in reverse chronological order)

  • Bishops of Marabá
    • Bishop Vital Corbellini (2012.10.10 Oct 2012 - )
    • Bishop José Foralosso, S.D.B. (2000.01.12 – 2012.04.25)
    • Bishop José Vieira de Lima, T.O.R. (1990.04.18 – 1998.11.11), appointed Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso
    • Bishop Altamiro Rossato, C.SS.R. (1985.12.08 – 1989.03.15), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
    • Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (1979.10.16 – 1985.07.11), appointed Bishop of Itapeva, São Paulo; future Archbishop
  • Prelates of Marabá
    • Bishop Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16); future Archbishop
    • Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. (1969.12.20 – 1976.11.10)
  • Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
    • Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. † (1951.02.20 - 1969.12.20)
    • Bishop Sebastião Thomás, O.P. (1924.12.18 - 1945.12.19)
    • Bishop Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. † (1912.08.26 - 1920.07.30), appointed Bishop of Porto Nacional, Tocantins

Coadjutor prelates

  • Tomás Balduino, O.P. (1967); did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Goiás
  • Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. (1971-1976); did not succeed to see; appointed Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Para
  • Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (1976-1985)

Sources


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