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Diocese of Macapá

Dioecesis Macapensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Pedro José Conti, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 30 October 1980
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Amapa
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 142,471 (55,029 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte 2
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesedemacapa.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Diocesana, Rua Sao Jose 1790, 68900-902 Macapa, AP, Brazil
  • Telephone: (096)3222-0426

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Macapá
1 February 1949ErectedTerritorial Prelature of Santarém (Amapense) Territorial Prelature of Macapá (erected)
Diocese of Macapá
30 October 1980ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Macapá Diocese of Macapá

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Macapá
195038,00040,00095.0%14142,7144ap1951
195763,00065,00096.9%14144,500124ap1967
196899,350110,38090.0%25253,974262911ap1971
1976135,000150,00090.0%130314,354343118ap1977
1980139,000166,00083.7%330334,212313218ap1981
Diocese of Macapá
1990218,000270,00080.7%527326,8123313119ap1991
1999265,000320,00082.8%633396,79411353020ap2000
2000268,000324,00082.7%631377,24311443020ap2001
2001270,000327,00082.6%632387,10511333020ap2002
2002274,000332,00082.5%830387,21013323020ap2003
2003279,000339,00082.3%825338,45413273520ap2004
2004279,000339,00082.3%634406,97514363921ap2005
2013309,000372,00083.1%1833516,05820344427ap2014
2016481,000766,67962.7%1539548,90724394427ap2017
2019499,000779,00064.1%2040608,31632404127ap2020
2021507,000861,77358.8%2333569,05341334027ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Macapá
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 41, Page 402, to Page 404

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