Suffragan diocese Ponta de Pedras, Brazil
Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
Petrosi Culminis
Latin Church
First established as the Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras in 1963, it was elevated to a diocese on October 16, 1979. Located on Marajo island in Para and suffragan to Belem do Para, it has been led by Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, a Cape Verdean Spiritan, since 2015. No standalone official diocesan website was found.
On the map
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- Established
- 1979
- Catholics
- 112,600
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 14,283 km²
Parishes and churches
10 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paróquia Catedral Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoPonta de Pedras · CathedralView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoCachoeira do ArariView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora de NazaréSanta Cruz do ArariView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Nazaré (Retiro Grande)Cachoeira do ArariView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Rosário do Perpétuo SocorroCurralinhoView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora dos NavegantesMuanáView parish
- Paróquia São Francisco de PaulaMuanáView parish
- Paróquia São João BatistaCurralinhoView parish
- Paróquia São Miguel ArcanjoMuanáView parish
- Paróquia São SebastiãoSão Sebastião da Boa VistaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceicao stands in Ponta de Pedras, 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Petrosi Culminis) has its seat in the city of Ponta de Pedras.