Roman Catholic Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia

Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaia
Diocese de Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Belém do Pará
Metropolitan Belém do Pará
Statistics
Area 52,500 km2 (20,300 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
291,000
225,000 (77.3%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 18 July 1911 (106 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Conceição do Araguaia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Denis You
Metropolitan Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of (Santíssima) Conceição do Araguaia (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaia) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic church, in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

Its cathedral see is Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição ('Our Lady of (Immaculate) Conception'), in the city of Conceição do Araguaia.

History

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite; mostly missionary members of Latin congregations)

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
Diocesan Bishops of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia

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