The Diocese of Cametá ( la, Cametanensis) is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
diocese of the
Catholic Church in
Brazil's
Pará state.
Its
cathedral is Catedral São João Batista (Sant John the Baptist), and is in the
episcopal see
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of
Cametá. The Diocese of Cametá is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province of the
metropolitan
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Archbishop of Belém do Pará
History
On November 29, 1952, the
Territorial Prelature 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,
Pope Benedict XVI 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''
* ''
Apostolic Administrator Cornélio Veerman,
Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists, Vincentians) (C.M.) ( 1953.05.03 – 1961.02.27 ''see below)
* Bishop-prelate
Cornélio Veerman, C.M.,
Titular Bishop of
Numida (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,
Augustinian Recollects (
O.A.R.
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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
José Altevir da Silva, 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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Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1952
Cameta, Territorial Prelature of
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1952 establishments in Brazil