Diocese of Castanhal
Castagnalen(sis) de Pará
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Castanhal, Brazil
Diocese of Castanhal in Pará, Brazil, established in 2004 from territory of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and the Diocese of Bragança do Pará. Bishop Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho was appointed in March 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 2004
- Latin
- Castagnalen(sis) de Pará
- Patron
- Santa Maria Mãe de Deus (Mary, Mother of God)
- Annuario code
- 001001075
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 668,000
- Population
- 820,653
- Catholic share
- 81.4%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 12,604
- Extent
- 14,338 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Manoel de Oliveira Soares Filho
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de Santa Maria Mãe de Deus stands in Castanhal, 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.
The province of Belém do Pará
A suffragan of Belém do Pará.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AbaetetubaAbaetetuba
- Archdiocese of Belém do ParáBelém do Pará
- Diocese of Bragança do ParáBragança do Pará
- Diocese of CametáCametá
- Diocese of MacapáMacapá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Castanhal hosts a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Castagnalensis de Pará) within the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].