Roman Catholic Diocese Of Bragança Do Pará
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.
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)
- Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. (13 October 1981 – 10 April 1996)
- Luigi Ferrando (10 April 1996 – 17 August 2016)
- Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (17 August 2016 – )
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho, appointed Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas in 2018
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