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Suffragan diocese Óbidos, Brazil

Diocese of Óbidos

Obiden(sis)

The Diocese of Óbidos is a Latin Rite diocese in Pará, Brazil. It was created as a territorial prelature on 10 April 1957 and elevated to a diocese on 9 November 2011, becoming a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santarém in 2019.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Anne, in Óbidos, Brazil.

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Established
1957
Catholics
167,379
Priests
32
Territory
182,960 km²

Parishes and churches

12 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
Bernardo Johannes Bahlmann
Born
10 December 1960
Birthplace
Visbek
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Anne stands in Óbidos, 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 city of Óbidos, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Obidensis) was a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil until 6 November 2019, when it passed to the Archdiocese of Santarém as suffragan.