# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Latin: Archidioecesis Belemensis de Pará) is an archdiocese located in the city of Belém in Brazil. It covers 3,566,079 square kilometres (1,376,871 sq mi) and is organized into 80 parishes. The Archdiocese covers the municipalities of Belém, Ananindeua, Benevides, Marituba, and Santa Bárbara do Pará.

## History

* March 4, 1720: Established as Diocese of Belém do Pará from Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão
* May 1, 1906: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará

## Special churches

* Minor Basilicas:
** Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile (Basílica Santuário Nossa Senhora de Nazaré)
* Cathedrals
** Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Abaetetuba (Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
** Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Belém (Catedral Nossa Senhora das Graças)
* Historic churches
** Church of Saint John the Baptist (Igreja de São João Batista)
** Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário)

## Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

### Episcopal ordinaries
#### Bishops of Belém do Pará

* Bartolomeu do Pilar, OCarm (4 March 1720 – 9 April 1733)
* Guilherme de São José Antonio de Aranha (3 September 1738 – 18 May 1748)
* Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, OP (18 May 1748 – 24 March 1760)
* João de São José de Queiroz da Silveira, OSB (24 March 1760 – 25 November 1763)
* João Evangelista Pereira da Silva, TOR (17 June 1771 – 14 May 1782)
* Cayetano Da Annunciação Brandão, TOR (16 December 1782 – 29 March 1790), appointed Archbishop of Braga
* Manoel de Almeida de Carvalho (21 June 1790 – 30 June 1818)
* Romualdo de Souza Coelho (28 August 1820 – 15 February 1841)
* José Affonso de Moraes Torres, CM (22 January 1844 – 24 September 1857)
* Antônio de Macedo Costa (17 December 1860 – 26 June 1890), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
* Jerônimo Tomé da Silva (26 June 1890 – 12 September 1893), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
* Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão (7 September 1894 – 5 June 1901), Appointed Bishop of Alagôas
* Francisco do Rego Maia (5 June 1901 – 3 April 1906)
* José Marcondes Homem de Melo (26 April 1906 – 1 May 1906 see below)

#### Archbishops of Belém do Pará

* José Marcondes Homem de Melo (see above 1 May 1906 – 6 December 1906)
* Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho (6 December 1906 – 19 January 1923), appointed Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
* João Irineu Joffily (27 March 1924 – 1 May 1931)
* Antônio de Almeida Lustosa, SDB (10 July 1931 – 19 July 1941), appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
* Jaime de Barros Câmara (15 September 1941 – 3 July 1943), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 1946)
* Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (10 September 1944 – 23 October 1956), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
* Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (9 May 1957 – 4 July 1990)
* Vicente Joaquim Zico, CM (4 July 1990 – 13 October 2004)
* Orani João Tempesta, OCist (13 October 2004 – 19 April 2009), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Cardinal in 2014)
* Alberto Taveira Corrêa (30 December 2009 – present)

### Coadjutor Bishops

* Miguel de Bulhões e Souza, O.P. (1748)
* Vicente Joaquim Zico, C.M. (1980–1990)

### Auxiliary Bishops

* Milton Corrêa Pereira (1962–1967), appointed Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco
* Tadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost, O.F.M. (1962–1992)
* Alano Maria Pena, O.P. (1975–1976), appointed Coadjutor Prelate of Marabá, Para
* Carlos Verzeletti (1996–2004), appointed Bishop of Castanhal, Para
* Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (2011–2015), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras, Para
* Irineu Roman, C.S.I. (2014–2019), appointed Archbishop of Santarém, Para
* Antônio de Assis Ribeiro, S.D.B. (2017–present)

### Another priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos, appointed Bishop of Amazonas in 1948; later returned here as Archbishop.

## Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Abaetetuba
* Diocese of Bragança do Pará
* Diocese of Cametá, formerly Territorial Prelature of Cametá
* Diocese of Castanhal
* Diocese of Macapá
* Diocese of Marabá
* Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
* Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
* Territorial Prelature of Marajó

## Sources

* GCatholic.org
* Catholic Hierarchy
* Diocese website