The Diocese of Cametá () is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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state. Its

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is Catedral São João Batista (Sant John the Baptist), and is in the

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. The Diocese of Cametá is a

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in the

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of the

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Archbishop of Belém do Pará

History

On November 29, 1952, the

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of Cametá was established on territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, its present Metropolitan. On February 6, 2013,

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promoted the Territorial Prelature to Diocese, and named its last Prelate, Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R., as the first Bishop.

Bishops

Ordinaries

; ''Territorial Prelates of Cametá'' * ''

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Cornélio Veerman, Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists, Vincentians) (C.M.) ( 1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27 ''see below) * Bishop-prelate Cornélio Veerman, C.M.,

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(1961.02.27 – 1970.11.30) (''see above'' 1961.02.27 – 1969.08.08) * Bishop-prelate José Elias Chaves Júnior, C.M. (1980.05.21 – 1999.09.29) * Bishop-prelate Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces,

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) (2000.02.23 – 2013.02.06 ''see below'') ; ''Bishops of Cametá'' * Bishop Jesús María Cizaurre Berdonces, O.A.R. (''see above'' 2013.02.06 - 2016.08.17) * Bishop

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, C.S.Sp. (2017.09.27 - 2022.03.09)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* José Maria Chaves dos Reis, appointed Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para in 2013

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links

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