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Diocese of Óbidos

Dioecesis Obidensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann, O.F.M., Bishop
  • Martinho Lammers, O.F.M., Prelate Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 9 November 2011
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santarém
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Para
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 182,147 (70,354 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte 2
  • Official Web Site: http://diocesedeobidos.com.br/
  • Mailing Address: Residencia Episcopal, C.P. 20, Praca Frei Rogerio 239, 68250-000 Obidos, PA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (093)3547-1296

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Óbidos
10 April 1957ErectedTerritorial Prelature of Santarém (Óbidos, Alenquer, Faro, Juruti, and Oriximiná) Territorial Prelature of Óbidos (erected)
Diocese of Óbidos
9 November 2011ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Óbidos Diocese of Óbidos
6 November 2019Metropolitan ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Itaituba (from Belém do Pará to Santarém)
Diocese of Óbidos (from Belém do Pará to Santarém)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Óbidos
195872,00080,00090.0%10107,20010155ap1967
1970120,498122,59398.3%416206,02419315ap1971
1976115,000125,00092.0%212148,214216165ap1977
1980129,000141,00091.5%1111210,750175ap1981
1987170,000187,00090.9%316198,94722186ap1991
1999170,359186,70691.2%513189,46420807ap2000
2000169,489186,70690.8%713208,47420117ap2001
2001197,719201,54798.1%713209,88520137ap2002
2002197,129201,54797.8%713209,85617167ap2003
2003197,060201,06398.0%813219,38319158ap2004
2004167,379201,06383.2%813217,97017157ap2005
Diocese of Óbidos
2013179,000219,00081.7%1111228,13614217ap2014
2016183,000224,70081.4%1414286,53521339ap2017
2019188,832231,86081.4%819276,993243411ap2020
2021221,790301,92173.5%7152210,0812213911ap2022

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 Óbidos
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 24, to Page 26
  • Diocese of Óbidos
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 103, Page 788, and Page 789
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 111, Page 1,852, and Page 1,853
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 111, Page 2,045, and Page 2,046

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