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Diocese of Abaetetuba

Dioecesis Abaëtetubensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 4 August 1981
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Para
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 28,266 (10,917 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte 2
  • Mailing Address: Rua Padre Luiz Varela 1636, 68440-000 Abaetetuba, PA, Brazil
  • Telephone: (091)3751-1088

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins
25 November 1961ErectedArchdiocese of Belém do Pará (Cities of Abaeté do Tocantins, Acara, Barcarena, Bujarú, Mojú, and Tomé-Açu) Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins (erected)
Diocese of Abaetetuba
4 August 1981ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins Diocese of Abaetetuba

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Abaeté do Tocantins
1966155,000160,00096.9%151510,3332116ap1967
1970175,000185,00094.6%151511,66615126ap1971
1976160,000170,00094.1%124256,40028263ap1977
1980185,000205,00090.2%36365,13841266ap1981
Diocese of Abaetetuba
1990211,000241,00087.6%2182010,55020259ap1991
1999344,000369,00093.2%6131918,10515269ap2000
2000348,000373,00093.3%7132017,40015259ap2001
2001340,000415,00081.9%9162513,600183612ap2002
2002344,000421,00081.7%9162513,760183712ap2003
2003290,500415,00070.0%11162710,759173412ap2004
2004303,729427,06671.1%11162711,249173312ap2005
2005317,350446,97671.0%11152612,205163612ap2006
2006321,000453,00070.9%12132512,840143412ap2007
2011348,000486,00071.6%17143111,225162818ap2012
2012351,000490,00071.6%18143210,968162418ap2013
2015365,775603,78860.6%20163610,160172216ap2016
2018332,189634,24752.4%2373011,07282219ap2019
2020335,190648,36551.7%2373011,1732182619ap2021
2022334,438669,87849.9%2943310,1342142020ap2023

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 Abaeté do Tocantins
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 54, Page 763, and Page 764
  • Diocese of Abaetetuba
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 74, Page 191, and Page 192

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