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Metropolitan see Santarém, Brazil

Archdiocese of Santarém

Santaremen(sis)

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in Santarém, Brazil.

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Established
1903
Catholics
316,500
Priests
77
Territory
171,906 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Irineu Roman
Born
10 August 1958
Birthplace
Vista Alegre do Prata
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DI S. GIUSEPPE (GIUSEPPINI DEL MURIALDO)

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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.

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.