Archdiocese of Santarém
Santaremen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santarém, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Santarem is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Para state, northern Brazil. Erected as a territorial prelature in 1903, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 6 November 2019 and has suffragans including Obidos, Xingu-Altamira, Alto Xingu-Tucuma, and Itaituba.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 September 1903
- Latin
- Santaremen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002958
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 316,500
- Population
- 447,000
- Catholic share
- 70.8%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 4,110
- Extent
- 171,906 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- Archbishop
- Irineu Roman
- Born
- 10 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Vista Alegre do Prata
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DI S. GIUSEPPE (GIUSEPPINI DEL MURIALDO)
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception stands in Santarém, 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 Santarem
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItaitubaItaituba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Brazil, Santarém (Latin: Dioecesis Santaremensis) served as a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará until 6 November 2019. Its cathedral, the Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, stands in the city of Santarém, 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].