Roman Catholic Diocese of Cametá

The Diocese of Cametá (Latin: Cametanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil's Pará state.

Diocese of Cametá Dioecesis Cametanensis Diocese de Cametá
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Belém do Pará
Statistics
Area	47,758 km2 (18,439 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 559,000 412,000 (73.7%)
Parishes	20
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	29 November 1952 (72 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Cametá
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Vacant
Metropolitan Archbishop	Alberto Taveira Corrêa

Its cathedral is Catedral São João Batista (Sant John the Baptist), and is in the episcopal see of Cametá. The Diocese of Cametá is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan 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.^[1]

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.) (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