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Metropolitan see Belém do Pará, Brazil

Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

Belemen(sis) de Pará

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Belém do Pará is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Pará, Brazil, founded as a diocese in 1720 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1906. Its current metropolitan archbishop, since August 2025, is Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, in Belém do Pará, Brazil.

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Established
1720
Catholics
2,254,100
Priests
222
Territory
2,082 km²

Parishes and churches

81 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.

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The cathedral

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace stands in Belém do Pará, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Seated in the Brazilian city of Belém, this archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará) extends over 3,566,079 square kilometres (1,376,871 mi2) and is organized into 80 parishes. Its territory takes in the municipalities of Belém, Ananindeua, Benevides, Marituba, and Santa Bárbara do Pará.