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Suffragan diocese Bragança do Pará, Brazil

Diocese of Bragança do Pará

Brigantien(sis) de Pará

The Diocese of Bragança do Pará is a Latin Church diocese in Pará state, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1928 and elevated to a diocese on October 13, 1981. Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata became diocesan bishop on May 15, 2024, succeeding Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces.

On the map

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Bragança do Pará, Brazil, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1981
Catholics
794,000
Priests
55
Territory
68,316 km²

Parishes and churches

25 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

Bishop
Raimundo Possidônio Carrera da Mata

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The cathedral

Catedral de Nossa Senhora do Rosário stands in Bragança 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

The city of Bragança do Pará is home to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Brigantiensis de Para) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.