Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém, Brazil

Diocese of Santarém Dioecesis Santaremensis Diocese de Santarém
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Belém do Pará
Metropolitan	Belém do Pará
Statistics
Area	171,906 km^2 (66,373 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 447,000 295,936 (66.2%)
Information
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	21 September 1903 (113 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of The Immaculate Conception in Santarém, Pará
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Flavio Giovenale, S.D.B.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Alberto Taveira Corrêa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santarém (Latin: Dioecesis Santaremensis) is a diocese located in the city of Santarém in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

History

• September 21, 1903: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santarém from the Diocese of Belém do Pará
• October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Santarém

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Territorial Prelates of Santarém

• Frederico Benito da Costa (1903 – 1907)
• Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa (22 September 1904 – 8 January 1907)
• Amando Agostino Bahlmann, OFM (10 January 1907 – 5 March 1939)
• Anselmo Pietrulla, OFM (13 December 1947 – 18 June 1949)
• João Floriano Loewenau, OFM (8 September 1950 – 12 September 1957)
• Tiago Miguel Ryan, OFM (31 January 1958 – 16 October 1979)

Bishops of Santarém

• Tiago Miguel Ryan, OFM (16 October 1979 – 27 November 1985)
• Lino Vomboemmel, OFM (27 November 1985 – 28 February 2007)
• Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias (28 February 2007 – 30 November 2011)
• Flávio Giovenale, SDB (19 September 2012 – )

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Santarem". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.