The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santarém () is a

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in northern Brazil. It was a

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in the

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until 6 November 2019. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, dedicated to the

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, in the city of Santarém, Brazil.

History

* Established on 21 September 1903 as

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of Santarém, with territory split off from the Diocese of Belém do Pará * Lost territories: **16 August 1934 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Xingu **1 February 1949 to establish the

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(later elevated to diocese status) **10 April 1957 to establish the

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(later elevated to diocese status) * Elevated on 16 October 1979 to Diocese of Santarém * 6 July 1988, lost territory to establish the Territorial Prelature of Itaituba. * Promoted on 6 November 2019 as Archdiocese of Santarém

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 316,500 Catholics (70.2% of 451,000 total) on 171,906 km² in 22 parishes with 53 priests (26 diocesan, 27 religious), 90 lay religious (39 brothers, 51 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Territorial Prelates of Santarém * Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa (22 September 1904 – 8 January 1907), next Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil, now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus) (1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16), emeritate as

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of Thubunæ in Numidia (1914.04.16 – death 1938.03.26) * Amando Agostino Bahlmann,

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(O.F.M.) (born Germany) (10 January 1907 – 5 March 1939), emeritate as Titular Bishop of

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(1908.07.10 – death 1939.03.05) *

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Father Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. (born Poland) (1941 – 1947.12.13) * Anselmo Pietrulla, O.F.M. (13 December 1947 – 18 June 1949), Titular Bishop of

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(1947.12.13 – 1949.06.18); later Apostolic Administrator of

(Brazil) (1949 – 1950.01.14), Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1949.06.18 – 1955.05.11), Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1955.05.11 – retired 1981.09.17), died 1992 * João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. (born Poland) (8 September 1950 – 12 September 1957), Titular Bishop of

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(1950.09.08 – death 1979.06.04), also next as Bishop-Prelate of Óbidos (Brazil) (1957.09.12 – 1972) and on emeritate * Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M. (born USA) (31 January 1958 – 16 October 1979 ''see below''), Titular Bishop of Margum (1958.01.31 – 1978.05.26) ;Suffragan Bishops of Santarém * Tiago Miguel Ryan, O.F.M. (''see above'' 16 October 1979 – retired 27 November 1985), died 2002 * Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. (27 November 1985 – death 28 February 2007); formerly Titular Bishop of Iunca in Byzacena (1981.05.25 – 1983.06.09), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Santarém (1981.05.25 – 1983.06.09) and then as Coadjutor Bishop of Santarém (1983.06.09 – succession 1985.11.27) * Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias (28 February 2007 – 30 November 2011), previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (2000.03.22 – 2007.02.28); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Brazil) (2011.11.30 – 2015.03.18), then Titular Bishop of Summula (2015.03.18 – ...) as Auxiliary Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (2015.03.18 – ...) * Flávio Giovenale, S.D.B. (19 September 2012 – 19 September 2018), previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1997.10.08 – 2012.09.19); appointed Bishop of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre ;Archbishops of Santarém * Irineu Roman, C.S.I. (6 November 2019 – present)

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor bishops

* Eduardo José Herberhold, O.F.M. (1928–1931), as Coadjutor Prelate; did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia * Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. (1983–1985)

Auxiliary bishops

* Lino Vomboemmel, O.F.M. (1981–1983), appointed Coadjutor here *

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, O.F.M. Cap. (2004–2007), appointed Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira, appointed Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão in 2005

Ecclesiastical province

When it was raised to an Archdiocese, it was given three suffragans. * Diocese of Óbidos * Diocese of Xingu-Altamira * Territorial Prelature of Alto Xingu-Tucumã * Territorial Prelature of Itaituba

References

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections

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