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Suffragan diocese Macapá, Brazil

Diocese of Macapá

Macapen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Macapá is a Latin rite diocese covering Amapá state, Brazil, established as a territorial prelature in 1949 and elevated to a diocese in 1980, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará. Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B., became bishop on December 18, 2024.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral São José, in Macapá, Brazil.

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Established
1949
Catholics
508,070
Priests
57
Territory
148,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B.

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The cathedral

Catedral São José stands in Macapá, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Macapá is the seat of this Brazilian diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Macapensis), part of the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará.

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